[tips] Thanks for the textbook help

Thank you to all of you who took time to offer suggestions and help, it is much appreciated. I've actually learned quite a bit from your suggestions. I did follow through and contact the author, who welcomed the information quite cordially and promised he would contact his editor. He asked me to

Re: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

How about a slightly different route? Why not ask your students to help out? Explain to them that this is a learning process and find a few that are tech savvy to help out. I have done this occasionally when I have run across something that is not doing what it is supposed to be. If you are fru

RE: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

Rick: I did what any self-respecting scholar would do: I Googled it! Marty Martin Bourgeois Professor and Chair Social and Behavioral Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL 33931 ** Confidentiality Statement Florida has a very broad public recor

Re: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

On a somewhat different textbook matter, I had better luck going through the author who, in turn, called someone else who did respond and was able to resolve my difficulty. Miguel - Original Message - From: "Karl L Wuensch" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Wed

Re: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

Wikipedia has an entry about it, probably containing more information than you really even want or certainly need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Plymouth NH On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:06 PM, rfro...@jbu.edu wrote: > > > > > > > Marty: > >

RE: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

Marty: Are you making this post from a booth in a Waffle House or did you just happen to have that figure handy (or find it on the Waffle House website)? Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3519 x7295 rfro...@jbu.edu http://bit.ly/D

RE: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

I would argue that it's a true ratio scale. There are, according to the official Waffle House menu, over 1,572,864 ways to order hash browns. The true zero point would be if the Waffle House were closed due to weather. Marty Martin Bourgeois Professor and Chair Social and Behavioral Sciences Fl

[tips] H.M.

This story ran in the Chicago Tribune today about H.M. http://tinyurl.com/lc9v4kb Jim Matiya Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around...L

Re: [tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

      Now is this ordinal or interval scaling? Another odd metric: I introduced my class yesterday to Oliver Smoot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot) who used his body to measure the Harvard Bridge. It's my understanding that after he tired, his brothers

[tips] so how cold was it? The Waffle House Index

For those who love odd metrics: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2014/01/how_bad_was_the_storm_using_th.html Almost as much fun as the miniHelen (the amount of beauty required to launch one ship). :-) Claudia _ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for

Re: [tips] Feynman on Psychology

On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:56:22 -0800, Christopher Green wrote: >The passage is actually, "when you pull on it, it gets longer," and the >comparison was to Hooke's Law, not explicitly to Newton. It does >appear in Cohen's "The Earth is Round (p<.05)" (p. 1001, first column), >but Cohen was actually q

RE: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

I have, rarely, contacted the author and explained the problem. In every case the author cc'd to me a scathing letter sent the person in charge of the resource. While that provided some satisfaction, it was not accompanied by a good resolution of the problem. Cheers, [Karl L. Wuensc

Re: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

Cengage. My rep has been out on maternity leave, supposedly is back, but is not responding (possibly, and understandably, trying to catch up, but that doesn't help my students). I wish the rep had asked someone else to take over while she was out. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Paul C Bernhardt

Re: [tips] frustrating textbook problem

Coursemate is a collaboration among several publishers. If that is the ebook resource that is being used by your students and such, it probably does not have anything to do with the textbook virtual lab, which is certainly hosted by the publisher. Which publisher are you having difficulties with

[tips] frustrating textbook problem

Dear TIPSters, I chose a text for my sensation and perception course based on several reasons, but one of them had to do with the virtual lab activities that were available to students. The book was costly, but I reasoned that the lab component made it more valuable; some of my students rented the

Re: [tips] Feynman on Psychology

The passage is actually, "when you pull on it, it gets longer," and the comparison was to Hooke's Law, not explicitly to Newton. It does appear in Cohen's "The Earth is Round (p<.05)” (p. 1001, first column), but Cohen was actually quoting a 1969 American Psychologist article by John Tukey. htt