RE: [tips] The Genetic Theory of Educational Achievement Is about 90% Horse Manure!

2018-07-25 Thread Jim Clark
The authors are much more cautious than Mike in their characterization of the implications of the study … briefly 11% is too large to ignore and there is much more work to be done. Jim From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: 25-Jul-18 10:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological S

RE: [tips] If You Have Republican Students, Teach Them The Difference between Science and Ideology

2018-02-07 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Just higher education is too coarse a metric. Would be nice to see breakdown by major or degree. Also, highly educated Republican may be an increasingly rare creature? So perhaps something of an anomaly. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757

RE:[tips] That is Greek to me

2018-02-02 Thread Jim Clark
C’mon Stuart. You can finish 2 pages before breakfast! Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: February-02-1

RE: [tips] interpretations of partial eta squared

2017-12-08 Thread Jim Clark
Given the complexities, Michael’s advice would be a sensible way to go if you can find relevant prior literature using partial eta2. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4C78A (4th Floor Centennial) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~

RE:[tips] Recommendation for a cognitive psychology text

2017-12-02 Thread Jim Clark
Galotti has been around a long time. I found it good and at an appropriate level for an intro to cognitive course. Not sure what is the latest edition, as I haven't taught cognitive for a few years. Jim -Original Message- From: Miguel Roig [mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu] Sent: 2-Dec-17 6:08

RE: [tips] Consciousness Theory Is Where Science Goes to Die

2017-11-24 Thread Jim Clark
with students is the importance of continuing empirical research to evaluate and strengthen our understanding of psychological phenomena. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<h

RE: [tips] behavioral theory in the public sphere

2017-10-09 Thread Jim Clark
Behavioral Science and Economics. Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Gerald L. Peterson [mailto:peter...@svsu.edu] Sent: October-09-17 7:27 PM To: Teaching

RE: [tips] behavioral theory in the public sphere

2017-10-09 Thread Jim Clark
Thanks Stuart. Interesting article. I’m glad you made the mistake and posted here! Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Stuart Vyse [mailto:vy

RE: [tips] behavioral theory in the public sphere

2017-10-09 Thread Jim Clark
people, then they will have to name me. I agree with Stuart’s general point about applying behavioral science and was pleased to see the discipline recognized by a Nobel award. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart

RE: [tips] More Evidence That Intelligence Is Overrated -- An Elon Musk Case Study

2017-09-10 Thread Jim Clark
That's right ... because there are no examples of failures who worked hard at what they were passionate about and never gave up! Jim Jim Clark Professor of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.c

RE: [tips] Peer review video

2017-07-26 Thread Jim Clark
journals. Take care Jim From: Christopher Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: 27-Jul-17 12:52 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Peer review video On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Jim Clark mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>> wrote: Perhaps easy to overlook, b

RE: [tips] Peer review video

2017-07-26 Thread Jim Clark
Hi There is a difference between paying to have open access to a properly peer-reviewed paper in a respectable journal and publishing in a journal that will accept anything if you pay the fee. The trick is to discriminate between the two. Perhaps easy to overlook, but the video does not use $

RE: [tips] Opinions needed

2017-07-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi One thing to consider with respect to use of effect would be whether there are more precise alternatives. There are a number of phrases that capture the “effect” without using that term. One mentioned earlier was “relationship.” Others would be “correlated with,” “related to,” “covaried,” “a

Re: [tips] Dear "Herr Professor Doktor"

2017-05-14 Thread Jim Clark
Hi First it should be pointed out that Mike's e-mail did not have a proper salutation, such as "Dear Reader." More seriously, I worry if labels are necessary to demonstrate our greater expertise in the classroom. Shouldn't there be more substantive indicators? Might the informality also be

RE:[tips] Teaching stats and Critical Values Tables

2017-04-07 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I second Stuart's process assuming prior familiarity with hypothesis testing. Understand the distribution. If preceded by normal distribution, generalize from that to distribution that is more spread out because SD is varying as well as numerator; also varies with df. Then use table to deter

RE: [tips] Statistics question

2017-03-06 Thread Jim Clark
Chi2 is probably the simplest approach to determining overall significance of relationship. Then question would be whether you had particular predictions about the nature of the relationship. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th F

RE: [tips] College based Mobility in the U.S.A.

2017-01-22 Thread Jim Clark
ncome students graduating at the same rates in the low and high access universities? Perhaps the access measure in part reflects different standards for admission (i.e., not simply $)? Take care Jim [cid:image001.png@01D274CD.27B644E0] Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Win

RE: [tips] Has Anyone Done a Content & Stylistic Analysis of Tweets?

2017-01-13 Thread Jim Clark
And of course, analysis of tweets shows just how polite we Canadians are! http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/01/07/polite-canadian-study-tweets-mcmaster_n_8935540.html Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lock

RE: [tips] Voldemort Wins

2016-11-09 Thread Jim Clark
Sometimes we get the leader that others deserve, but not us! Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: November-09-16 6:5

RE: [tips] Hey Vegans! When Plants Communicate, Do You Listen?

2016-10-30 Thread Jim Clark
apply to all reactions of objects. Question is whether the reactions of plants to being eaten are more akin to the rock or to some animate object that can "fight back" and perhaps "know." Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757

RE: [tips] Would William James Attend?

2016-10-22 Thread Jim Clark
Thanks Chris. It's always good to have someone knowledgeable who can address these historical issues. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> Fr

RE: [tips] Would William James Attend?

2016-10-22 Thread Jim Clark
Some modern day students of religion (e.g., Hood) speak positively about James's interest in phenomena that challenged the natural science approach to psychology. Here's one presentation in which Hood articulates that view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qeLfh7E9mA Jim Jim Clark

[tips] Brain Training

2016-10-04 Thread Jim Clark
skills and real world cognition. http://psi.sagepub.com/content/17/3/103.full.pdf+html Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently sub

[tips] Add Sugar Industry to Tobacco ...

2016-09-13 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Seems the sugar industry used tactics to corrupt science, much like the tobacco industry. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html?emc=edit_th_20160913&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=26933398&_r=0 Jim Jim Clark Professor & Cha

Re: [tips] Significant - or Really, Really Significant?

2016-09-01 Thread Jim Clark
I'll go out on a limb and say that the lower p is "better" all other things being the same, which they rarely are. Sample size, for example, affects the p value for a given size effect. So does the variability (noise) in the data, which can vary as a function of homogeneity of subjects or

RE: [tips] Sad Face?

2016-08-29 Thread Jim Clark
ocial psychological findings that have proven robust? Haven't there, for example, been a number of replications of obedience to authority effects, even in applied settings? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) ww

RE: [tips] on STM

2016-08-22 Thread Jim Clark
that have longer names. Probably has to do with speed with which person can cycle through the list of to-be-remembered items. Other similar findings exist (e.g., on word length). Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (

RE: [tips] Why grades undermine learning

2016-08-16 Thread Jim Clark
on to improvement in marks, especially on the final test each term, a point discussed here earlier. I've never used it, but is there any evidence for more learning in Pass/Fail courses, which may be close to Chris's no grades? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology Univers

Re: [tips] Grading improvement

2016-08-10 Thread Jim Clark
Tricky issue. Could be major problems if 60&80 got higher mark than 80&60 or 70&70 or any other combo producing same average. Perhaps some formula to apply it to just low scoring students so they don't jump over other students? Not clear if that is possible. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2

RE: [tips] While You're Waiting To Get The Results From Indiana...

2016-05-04 Thread Jim Clark
So Trump is (surprising to some, many here in Canada!) now the sole Republican in the running. Even more shocking, I heard that recent polls show Hillary Clinton only has a 10% lead on Trump. Could the impossible be possible? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winn

[tips] Testing Wars (Again or Still)

2016-04-24 Thread Jim Clark
years ago about the lack of such training. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/race-and-the-standardized-testing-wars.html?emc=edit_th_20160424&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=26933398&_r=0 Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786

[tips] agnotology

2016-04-17 Thread Jim Clark
er ways as well (e.g., evolutionary psychology). New to me, but perhaps not others. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently subsc

[tips] Hope College and Sexual Orientation

2016-04-15 Thread Jim Clark
ith-blasphemy-for-arguing-that-the-constitution-supercedes-the-quran/ Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently subscribed to tips a

RE: [tips] Would Your Students Accept A Coomeercial During A Lecture If It Froze Tuition Costs?

2016-04-11 Thread Jim Clark
dings? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 7:54 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences

[tips] Latest on replication?

2016-03-04 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Somewhat more positive evaluation of replication in psychology. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1037.2.full Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca

RE: [tips] So Which Tipsters Voted For Trump?

2016-03-02 Thread Jim Clark
Hi For those considering a Trump victory, the east coast of Canada is welcoming refugees from the USA. Cape Breton is a lovely place! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cnn-trump-cape-breton-website-1.3470892 Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204

RE: [tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-09 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I’m not sure this explains things like the effect of prior stimuli on perception of ambiguous figures like the rat-man, which is differently interpreted depending on prior sequence of animals or faces. Jim [Description: percpetual set expectation] Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psycho

Re: [tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-08 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Because scientists consider all possible explanations/mechanisms to determine which one is correct. Also templates might be involved, for example in exemplar models, or even in early learning before prototypes are developed. Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2016, at 3:35 PM, "Annette

Re: [tips] bottom up processing in humans

2016-02-08 Thread Jim Clark
And how would Gibson explain ambiguous stimuli where the identical input gives rise to different interpretations? Jim Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2016, at 3:51 PM, "Michael Scoles" mailto:micha...@uca.edu>> wrote: Gibson would argue that, unless by "past experience" you mean biological e

RE: [tips] "Troubling Oddities" In A Social Psychology Data Set - Neuroskeptic

2016-02-07 Thread Jim Clark
(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract). Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:mich...@the

[tips] Helping high school student with psychology project

2016-01-30 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I've had an inquiry from a high school student interested in doing a science project on a psychological topic. I appreciate rules might be different in USA and Canada, but does anyone have experience of the ethics involved with HS students doing psychological studies? Thanks Jim Jim

RE:[tips] cumulative finals

2016-01-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Cumulative final would also be consistent with much evidence for the memory benefits of distributed repetition. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Mi

[tips] Spoof of CDC

2016-01-08 Thread Jim Clark
Hi A spoof of the CDC. Has CDC gotten into medical quackery of late (or perhaps even earlier)? http://thespudd.com/cdc-to-open-new-department-consisting-of-people-who-have-done-their-research/ Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757

RE: [tips] Subcortical intelligence: caudate volume predicts IQ in healthy adults. - PubMed - NCBI

2016-01-03 Thread Jim Clark
- nisms that account for the association between intelligence and caudate volume is an important goal of future research. And of course there is that closing line, acknowledging the gap between correlation and mechanism. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winn

RE: [tips] 2015Tipsters of the year

2016-01-01 Thread Jim Clark
Somewhat mixed blessing to be in there with The Donald and the other notable figures mentioned! Looks like 2015 was the year of the Canadians? All the best for a good 2016. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lock

RE:[tips] back to the stats well

2015-12-27 Thread Jim Clark
differences in preferences (e.g., by gender), although that could be done with the count data as well. Good luck Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Annette Ta

RE: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-19 Thread Jim Clark
ions, such as a faith-based university explaining why certain statements indicate a criticism of their faith and therefore warrant dismissal. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark&l

Re: [tips] College Professor Put On Leave For Heresy?

2015-12-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Does anyone expect reason or consistency from religious organizations? Jim Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2015, at 2:15 PM, "Paul Brandon" mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net>> wrote: More to the point, would they have hired her if she had expressed support for one of those groups at a job

RE: Teaching at Home (was re: [tips] Teaching Abroad

2015-11-20 Thread Jim Clark
Hi -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] (1) Regarding robins: Whenever I cover Eleanor Rosch's work on the structure of categories, I emphasize that the prototype is the most representative example of a category or the modal instance of the category (i.e., the ins

RE: [tips] Most misleading statistical graphic ever?

2015-11-13 Thread Jim Clark
I'm sure they just forgot to label the vertical axis from high numbers at the bottom to low numbers at the top. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~

[tips] An actual illusion

2015-11-09 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Nice illusion here http://www.illusionsciences.com/2008/12/rotating-reversals.html Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently sub

RE: [tips] Illusion?

2015-11-07 Thread Jim Clark
Add me to those who do not see a reverse figure! Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Novemb

RE: [tips] #ThisPsychMajor Is Trending on Twitter

2015-10-26 Thread Jim Clark
research positions in institutions and other agencies. We're definitely not as good at keeping track of our general students versus our Honours students. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.

RE: [tips] Jeb Bush: Psych majors work at Chick-fil-A | Washington Examiner

2015-10-25 Thread Jim Clark
I forgot to mention … these are Canadian statistics. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: October-

RE: [tips] Jeb Bush: Psych majors work at Chick-fil-A | Washington Examiner

2015-10-25 Thread Jim Clark
benefit of degrees has increased rather than decreased over time. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Jim Matiya [mailto:jmat...@hotmail

RE: [tips] Talk Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia

2015-10-20 Thread Jim Clark
Also appears to have included a family education component. Reasonable approach given the role of Expressed Emotion (family over-involvement, intrusiveness) in relapse for Schizophrenia? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th F

RE:[tips] Job ads with open areas of specialization: a question

2015-10-15 Thread Jim Clark
didates if restricted to a given area ... you may be surprised to learn that not everyone is rushing to move to Winnipeg! On the other hand, we have pretty diverse teaching needs, which means a broad ad works in that respect. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University o

RE: [tips] More on Nobel prize and traditional medicine

2015-10-14 Thread Jim Clark
Is it redundant or an oxymoron? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Paul Brandon [mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 20

[tips] More on Nobel prize and traditional medicine

2015-10-13 Thread Jim Clark
Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.fro

RE: Tu Youyou and Project 523 (was [tips] Homeopathic inspired Nobel prize

2015-10-08 Thread Jim Clark
Thanks Mike ... Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 1:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psycholog

[tips] Recommend Text for Abnormal Psychology - Children & Adolescents

2015-10-03 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Any recommendations for (or against) text for Abnormal Child & Adolescent Course? So far, I've looked at two: Phares and Weis. Thanks Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.c

RE: [tips] Quack Psychology

2015-09-17 Thread Jim Clark
is it REALLY Canadian or USA energy?? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: MARK CASTEEL [mailto:ma...@psu.edu] Sent: Thursday, September

[tips] Quack Psychology

2015-09-17 Thread Jim Clark
me of media reports a month or so ago of people being ripped off by fraudulent psychics, as opposed I guess to the non-fraudulent ones? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~c

RE: Re:[tips] NY Times Article on Reproducibility

2015-09-02 Thread Jim Clark
be due to unreliable measures (e.g., single items). Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Mike Wiliams [mailto:jmicha5...@aol.com] Sent: September-03-15 12:3

[tips] NY Times Article on Reproducibility

2015-09-01 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Piece in NY Times by psychologist defending the discipline. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/opinion/psychology-is-not-in-crisis.html?emc=edit_th_20150901&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=26933398&_r=0 Judging by comments, readers aren't buying the argument. Take care Jim Ji

RE: [tips] PSYC failed the replication test

2015-08-29 Thread Jim Clark
Hi From: Wuensch, Karl Louis [mailto:wuens...@ecu.edu] Yes, meta-analysis is called for here, if you can get the data out of all those file drawers. My concern is that even more rigid criteria for publication (larger Ns or higher significance levels) will increase the file-drawer pr

Re: [tips] PSYC failed the replication test

2015-08-28 Thread Jim Clark
rom my iPhone On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:53 PM, "Jim Clark" mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>> wrote: If it wasn't clear I was responding to the replication issue, primarily on the basis of a summary in a summary posted in a higher education newsletter. I will now belatedly read the

Re: [tips] PSYC failed the replication test

2015-08-28 Thread Jim Clark
If it wasn't clear I was responding to the replication issue, primarily on the basis of a summary in a summary posted in a higher education newsletter. I will now belatedly read the full paper. Jim Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:41 PM, "Jim Clark" mailto:j.cl.

Re: [tips] PSYC failed the replication test

2015-08-28 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Some notable lapses I think. No mention of meta-analysis that I saw. And the Science editor's comment that marginal results not be published is exactly wrong. Every finding should be published so that studies can be aggregated. Psychology made a big mistake when it turned from small papers c

RE: [tips] Essay on why scholarly ethics codes may be likely to fail | InsideHigherEd

2015-07-22 Thread Jim Clark
Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: July-22-15 5:01 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: RE: [tips] Essay on why scholarly ethics codes may be likely to fail > | > InsideHigherEd > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:43:42 -0700, Jim C

RE: [tips] Essay on why scholarly ethics codes may be likely to fail | InsideHigherEd

2015-07-21 Thread Jim Clark
Hi > -Original Message- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > The next question is why did medical/health professionals assist the CIA et > al in > such activities (e.g., "rectal feedings")? Was this an example of a Milgram > style > "submission to authority"? Was it a purely se

RE: [tips] If You Had Lousy Grades When You Were 10 Years Old, You're Gonna Get Alzheimer's!

2015-07-20 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Given IQ correlates with school performance, and early IQ is known to correlate with dementia, hardly seems like a new finding? http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb01/dementia.aspx Jim > -Original Message- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] > Sent: July-20-15 11:48 PM > To: Teaching

RE: [tips] Fw: Release of the Final Report of the Special Investigator

2015-07-11 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Thanks to Mike for the useful links. I’m curious about a couple of specifics. 1. Were all Psychologists directly involved in torture Clinical Psychologists, since that would appear to be a prerequisite to working under the title “psychologist” in most settings? Or does the military hav

RE: Re:[tips] Ritberger Personality and Colour

2015-07-06 Thread Jim Clark
e:[tips] Ritberger Personality and Colour > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 04:05:17 +, Jim Clark wrote: > > Hi > > > > I wonder if there is any solid evaluation or legitimate review of > >Ritberger's (popular it seems) ideas about personality and colour? > > Do you

[tips] Ritberger Personality and Colour

2015-07-05 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I wonder if there is any solid evaluation or legitimate review of Ritberger's (popular it seems) ideas about personality and colour? Thanks Jim James M. Clark Professor and Chair of Psychology U of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive

RE: [tips] Retraction of another psychology article

2015-05-21 Thread Jim Clark
Not to quibble, but this study was carried out by Political Scientists. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu]

RE: [tips] ANOVA and LGBT

2015-05-12 Thread Jim Clark
clearly Asexuality needs to be accommodated. Here’s a link to Tony Bogaert’s book: http://www.amazon.com/Anthony-F.-Bogaert/e/B007LU54TY Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark&

RE: [tips] Random Thought: Faith, Hope, Love, IV

2015-05-06 Thread Jim Clark
ignorance. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Louis Eugene Schmier [mailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:55 AM To: Teaching in

[tips] Confidential test materials & Ethics Review Boards

2015-05-06 Thread Jim Clark
Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostbur

RE:[tips] Science funding?

2015-05-05 Thread Jim Clark
Well your Republican Party appears to take a somewhat different view of social science research. Not that things are much better here in Canada. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~c

RE: [tips] Fall Reading / Study Week?

2015-04-28 Thread Jim Clark
aren’t known for using evidence-based approaches to their practices, so I expect I’m not going to come up with much. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark

[tips] Fall Reading / Study Week?

2015-04-28 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I'm curious whether people have any experience with fall reading week, which is becoming more common in Canadian universities with the shift to half courses. I haven't been able to find any empirical work on it, admittedly with just a pretty quick search. Take care Jim Jim Clark

RE: [tips] Corinthian Colleges Closed Today -- Forever

2015-04-28 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Perhaps a good example for correlation does not imply causation? Here's an alternative model Government funding cutback --> Tuition needs to be raised --> multiple negative consequences (student as consumer, practical course selection, ...) Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor

RE: [tips] Better Educated = Happier, Better Mental Well-being? Guess Again...

2015-04-06 Thread Jim Clark
..) to obtain a score of 60 or better. Without the paper, not clear why those cutoffs were selected. A ceiling effect certainly appears possible. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/

RE: [tips] Better Educated = Happier, Better Mental Well-being? Guess Again...

2015-04-06 Thread Jim Clark
er to pay starvation wages, avoid benefits, block unionization, and generally fire people. Here's one piece on it: https://faceducation.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/warwick-uni-to-outsource-hourly-paid-academics-to-subsidiary/ Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology

Re: [tips] Evaluating Instructors By Successful Completions in Courses

2015-04-04 Thread Jim Clark
Hi The literature on grade inflation suggests it might be associated with instructor status (part v full time) and rank (security?). Seems that grades which determine completion rates would be very easily manipulated. Jim Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2015, at 2:22 PM, "Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D."

[tips] Experience with Aplia or similar packages

2015-04-01 Thread Jim Clark
udent management? Buying Aplia from publisher might be an issue with students using used copies of the Pagano text, since publisher wants considerable price just to get access to Aplia. Thanks Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor

RE: [tips] March Madness & Working Backwards heuristic

2015-03-29 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Ken Your Gonzaga comment was prophetic! Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: March-29-15 7:00 A

[tips] March Madness & Working Backwards heuristic

2015-03-28 Thread Jim Clark
probability, the p for predicting every game by chance is .5^63. What if you always picked the higher ranked team? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca

RE: [tips] APA Style: Spaces between sentences

2015-03-28 Thread Jim Clark
Hi As a short illustration of Mike's points 2 & 3 (and also the problem reading all caps), here's a short clip I use when introducing the topic of eye-tracking in cognitive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNNij89qro Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology Universi

RE:[tips] Reasons to attend university

2015-03-16 Thread Jim Clark
Thanks Rick ... Figure 14 does indeed include the two reasons I was thinking of, and shows the cross-over around 1978. Here's the graph Jim [cid:image001.jpg@01D05FCE.24BD1EA0] Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor

[tips] Reasons to attend university

2015-03-15 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I'm trying to get the latest frosh survey plotting reasons for coming to university over decades. Shows decline in something like develop philosophy if life and growth in occupational goals. I think it was a California university? Ring any bells? Thanks Jim Sent from my iPhone --- You are

RE:[tips] Teaching Introductory without a required textbook?

2015-03-08 Thread Jim Clark
nature of the evaluation. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Peterson, Douglas (USD) [mailto:doug.peter...@usd.edu] Sent: March-08-15 1:58 P

RE: [tips] Should HM Have Gotten A Second Opinion?

2015-03-05 Thread Jim Clark
Hi This little vignette of HM, Scoville, & Milner does suggest that Scoville was a risk taker, although admittedly HM's seizures were quite bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0TTQroCjoQ Our Dean of Arts, Glenn Moulaison, is actually a distant relative of HM. Take care Jim

RE: [tips] Are coin tosses random?

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Clark
And assumes a penny, which no longer exists in Canada. Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Paul Brandon [mailto:pkbra...@hickorytech.net] Se

RE: [tips] Are coin tosses random?

2015-03-02 Thread Jim Clark
If the head side is larger (heavier?), shouldn’t it come up tails? Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: John Kulig [mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth

RE: [tips] Are coin tosses random?

2015-02-28 Thread Jim Clark
such minutia as whether all the abstract assumptions for statistical tests are met. The real world is so messy that such contributions to the correctness of our conclusions are probably minimal and in an uncertain direction. Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology Universit

[tips] A lot of snow!!!

2015-02-22 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Here's a PEI resident who managed to have some fun with the record snowfall. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/PEI/ID/2654524979/ Jim Sent from my iPhone --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1

RE:[tips] Old ideas in psych/Erikson

2015-02-21 Thread Jim Clark
Well, we are all sort of family here! Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark -Original Message- From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015

RE: [tips] Cold Enough For You?

2015-02-21 Thread Jim Clark
care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. [mailto:jeff.ric...@scottsdalecc.edu] Sent: February-21-15 10:24 AM To: Teach

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