Good job Rick... you've encapsulated my thoughts on both of the quotes that I too found relevant for the same classes I teach. Have a good opening of the semester! -S
On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Rick Froman wrote: > > 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) > ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
