Nice example. As a reminder, I have collected a large number of such headlines
and related activities at
http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/correlation_or_causation.htm
Jon
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Jon Mueller
Professor of Psychology
North Central College
30 N. Brainard St.
Naperville, IL
Students of the former Sandy Hook school of Newtown
now have a new remodelled school to attend.The new school
is engineered to replicate the exact structural conditions
of the former classrooms,the rationale being that similarity
of environmental conditions transferred would decrease
stress on
The journal Nature Medicine has a disturbing article on a legal decision
concerning whether a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug
can be used or advertised for off-label use. The FDA typically requires
that a drug company demonstrate evidence that a drug is effective in the
*ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN PSYCHOLOGY (998583)*. The Department of
Psychological Science at the University of Central Missouri (www.ucmo.edu
/psychology) seeks to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in
Psychology. The doctoral degree must be completed by time of appointment.
Position
This has in large measure been the message that I give my students. I'm not an
APA maniac; copy editors are (or should be). I would rather my students spend
their energy on writing good papers, and as long as they do the important
things (references need to be accurate, citations need to
I am not particularly disturbed by this ruling depending upon just what claims
are being made. If it is clear the claim is based on a collection of anecdotes
rather than empirical study informing physicians that others have found a drug
useful seems fine. I say this as one who regularly takes a
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:59:25 -0800, Joseph J. Horton wrote:
I am not particularly disturbed by this ruling depending upon just what
claims
are being made. If it is clear the claim is based on a collection of
anecdotes
rather than empirical study informing physicians that others have found a
Mike Palij wrote in part:
.Yet it appears that the judges did not appreciate
this pointand/or considered the truthfulness of
the statement as not as important as aperson or
drug company's right to claim that the drug can
be used for almostany condition.Something to
think about.-
It sounds like
CNN is reporting that the least stressful job is that of a University professor
and next is a seamstress.
I am not sure if this applies to the department chairperson.
michael
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I cant believe in that!!
Seems to me that we are within the most stressful and challenging jobs,
although also with good rewards
Jose
De: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net]
Enviada: terça-feira, 8 de Janeiro de 2013 20:54
Para: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Mike my point is that there is potential harm when the FDA limits available
treatments. Unless there is fraud involved, I am all for open communication
between pharmaceutical companies, physicians and their patients.
I certainly appreciate the role of well-done clinical trials. (Note my
Hi Joe:
One difficulty I have with evaluating your argument is that I
don't know the specific details of your case. This is not a call
to reveal private details but it is difficult for me to plumb
your benefit/danger ratios without details.
I think Mike P's point is that dealing with Big
They obviously didn't survey adjuncts.
R. Lee Zasloff, PhD
Adjunct Instructor, Psychology
American River College
Sacramento, CA
http://www.wix.com/rlzasloff/animal-connections
From: michael sylvester [msylves...@copper.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:54
All
I find it hard to believe as well. They must have done the survey over break.
But I concur that they did not survey department heads! :) Of course another
explanation might be that we professors don't handle stress well at all so our
small stress seems large to us! (I looked on CNN and the
I am putting together a bibliography list of what might be considered must
reading for average ability readers, regarding human memory. I am including
works like Rumelhart McClelland's work on Parallel distributed processing,
but prefer things like Allman's Apprentices of wonder: Inside the
I don't understand why but I'm starting to feel like I'm writing in
Portuguese or something because some key points keep getting
missed. Let me refer interested readers to the pro-business
Business Insider which has a short article on this case and
praises the decision to let Big Pharma market a
Ali Vouchi of CNN reported the data.He said that the average Prof salary is
about 60,000 and can extend to 200,000'
Seamstress come in second not because of money but seamstressing can be a
creative activity
WHY SOME ADJUNCTS ARE STRESSED
-they work for peanuts
-they are not sure if their
First of all -- in the words of Obiwan Cannoli: NO ONE has just one cannola.
And more seriously
First, is this legal thinking or medical reasoning?
Second, is this a weakness on the part of Business Insider, or on the part of
their readers and consumers in general?
And third, this is
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Mike P wrote
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
P.S. The singular form of cannoli is cannolo but Americans treat cannoli
as singular and wind up using cannolis for the plural. Since I'm not one
of those anal-retentive APA
Hello Ken: I live in a small town and have a love-hate relationship with
Wal-Mart. I will try a different comparison. I would like my physician to be
able to be a like the Food Network's Alton Brown. For those who are not
familiar with Mr. Brown, he believes that every device in his kitchen
Alton Brown is less likely to kill people by recommending unproven procedures.
False analogy!
On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:11 PM, Horton, Joseph J. wrote:
Hello Ken: I live in a small town and have a love-hate relationship with
Wal-Mart. I will try a different comparison. I would like my physician to
I agree that they did not survey adjuncts.
Most are stressed to the limit in this economy.
Especially in California...
Nancy Melucci
Long Beach City College
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From: Tim Shearon tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
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