I think it is possible that President Obama's inauguration speech spoke to everyone. To a statistics teacher such as myself, he gave me a new signature file quote (see below). It is good to see the new President giving props to data and statistics. However, the next line is not such a positive example for my Research Methods students: "Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights." As a teacher of Research Methods, I have to protest that confidence is operationalizable and can be measured as well as the economic indicators listed as subject to data and statistics. That is probably a small point but it is fun to apply my limited perspective to such national events.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman "That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. . . . Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics." - Barack Obama - Inaugural Address January 20, 2009 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
