I have tried to start a wikibook on both, education and accounting, unfortunately havent had time to really develop it. If you have time and interest I could give you the information I have gathered and we can get this project back on top form.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Marcia K Wilbur <ai...@faqlinux.com> wrote: > Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much enjoy > working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I am also very > interested in education and statistics. > > Thanks! > > > Quoting Dave <davepo...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Marcia, >> >> My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But >> something >> completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for >> students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP >> (as >> an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thing to >> help propagate. >> >> The reason for me would be the too uncritical approach which seems to >> dominate universities (my impression), especially the belief that >> statistics can be automatically "validated" by some obscure mathematical >> formulas. A classic criticism was written some years ago by Stephen Jay >> Gould: The Mismeasure of Man. I think students need to know how to use >> statistical programms without becoming blind believers, or, the opposite, >> be so distrustful they don't want to have anything to do with it. >> >> Anyway, hit me if the idea is too stupid. >> >> Yours >> Dave >> >> >> On 28 December 2013 14:03, Marcia K Wilbur <ai...@faqlinux.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am >>> >>> >>> I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically. <---- Where I live >>> I am from New England <---- Where I am from >>> >>> For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital >>> Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in >>> Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University. >>> For >>> many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen as well >>> as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal setting, >>> etc.) >>> Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I know... can you >>> imagine??? >>> I have always been a contributing member of this community: >>> >>> 2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in protest >>> of the DMCA >>> 2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor >>> 2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern >>> 2003 Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA >>> Blog >>> 2003 Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants >>> 2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia >>> Linux >>> +) >>> >>> The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as >>> working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA tasks >>> in >>> semiconductor, education and finance. >>> . >>> . >>> . >>> ^ >>> | >>> | >>> What my background is, etc. >>> >>> I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to >>> good >>> use and be of value to the community. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Marcia >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
