Freakonomics was one of my summer reads and I enjoyed it very much! Although 
with a little critical thinking everything makes perfect sense most people 
don't 
stop and think....

Also, with his emphasis on behavior driven by incentives I thought he is among 
the best examples of modern behaviorists :)

Annette

Quoting Beth Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I've gotten many nice responses thanking me for the exercise I suggested.
> 
> I'd like to add that Freakonomics might also be a good source for research
> methods and statistics courses.  They have a lot of ideas that bring
> statistics to a modern, applied level.  (Paul Smith gave me that idea.)
> 
> Authors again are Levitt and Dubner.  I think it's still on the bestseller
> lists, so shouldn't be hard to find.
> 
> Beth Benoit
> Granite State College
> Portsmouth, NH
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Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology
University of San Diego 
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