Bob: Your classmate, Phil Hostetler, PhD from Purdue ca. 1964, referred to him as Ben sub J hat Winer and had nothing but good things to say about his teaching prowess., Just fyi. d
PS: Hope all's going well. d On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood <drb...@rcn.com> wrote: > > > Marc Carter opined: > >I know it's not possible in many places, but in a perfect world all psych > undergrads would do a year-long, 6-hour-a-week Analysis and Design course. > > > >To quote Winer (et al. -- the 3rd, 1991 posthumous edition with Brown & > Michels): > > > >"Science is concerned with understanding variability in nature, statistics > is concerned with making decisions about nature in the presence of > variability, and experimental design is concerned with reducing and > controlling variability in ways which [sic] make statistical theory > applicable to decisions made about nature." > > > >That quote has always made a big impact on how I teach design and > analysis. Even when I taught stand-alone stats classes, I always included > method. The one makes so much more sense in the context of the other. > > I respond for two reasons. > First, I agree with what Marc said about the "...in a perfect world all > psych undergrads would do a year-long, 6-hour-a-week Analysis and Design > course." But, alas, most of us do not live in such a world. I have taught > both in the separate course format, and would much rather have the option to > do exactly what marc suggests, but find it nearly impossible. I also lament > that many really good psych majors do not become psych majors until they > find toward the end of their second semester of their sophomore year, that > the business program or the administration of justice program is not what > they really want, and that complicates matters. > > Second, I just have to say that I had the great pleasure of having Ben > Winer as my stats professor as a graduate student using the first edition, > and yes, he is as good a professor as I have ever had. I also had Don Brown > and he was also a remarkable professor. There are times when I realize that > I was fortunate enough to be able to study at Purdue when there were so many > great researchers and teachers. > > . > Robert W. Wildblood, PhD > Riverside Counseling Center and > Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ > Germanna Community College > drb...@rcn.com > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dhogb...@albion.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628e&n=T&l=tips&o=1971 > or send a blank email to > leave-1971-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Department of Psychological Science Albion College Albion MI 49224 Tel: 517/629-4834, Mobile: 517/262-1277 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1973 or send a blank email to leave-1973-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
