You all might find an article published on the Five Thirty Eight website (link
http://fivethirtyeight.com) useful when talking about this issue with
students. The article includes a very nice interactive demonstration of
p-hacking that I think will help students to understand that concept. Beyo
Beth,
I have been using this as a first-day exercise in Developmental ever since you
first sent it to us. My students enjoy it and I find it is a good way to get to
know them and some of their assumptions. Most important it allows me to talk
about how anecdotal evidence can be misleading and emp
Carol,
Take a look at Inquist from Millisecond
http://www.millisecond.com/
I have used it in the past and found it user-friendly enough.
Dennis
From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:19 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subjec
I agree with Claudia that empathy is the best starting point. You will find
some good leads to relevant research in Beyond revenge: The evolution of the
forgiveness instinct by Michael McCullough. I am sure that you can find it at
your favorite online book seller.
Dennis
From: Claudia Stanny [
I would not use it either, for the same reason that Don outlines.
However, I will not use a text that does not introduce and provide some
emphasis for the topics of CI, effect size, and power. Those topics are
important for understanding many current research reports. My guess is that
they wil
I was in the home of a colleague; we were preparing for the new semester with
an all day retreat for a committee. As the event happened we thought it was an
out of balance washing machine shaking the house. Our host was a little upset
at the possibility as the washing machine was not supposed to
I don't know for sure about the Elaine May story. In his 2000 memoir Dement
does tell a story about getting sleep EEG's from several of the Rockettes. At
the time of these studies his laboratory was in the spare bedroom of his New
York apartment. The story includes the reaction of the building's
Joan wrote: Do not these tactics being used by the right wing have
similarities to
the dreadful McCarthy Era?
Short answer - yes. Here in the Commonwealth of Virginia it is our
Attorney General who has attempted to fish for evidence in faculty email
archives. (He is a climate change denier search
Ken,
Are you looking for information about ETS' view about grade equivalency?
I found this table -
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/higher-ed/placement/ap/exam/grades
tiny URL - http://tinyurl.com/4nrlbt9
I think that this equivalency is fair based on both my experience with
reading
We accept credits only from accredited colleges and universities. We also
consider how the online course is managed, course description, and syllabus.
Dennis
--
Dennis M. Goff
Charles
Marc,
I have one other thought on how to get a useful opinion about this fair-use
copyright question. Our librarians serve as the interpreters of fair-use for
us. They have studied these issues and offer knowledgeable opinions. If I had
this question on my campus I would ask them first. Perhaps
Can you get muscle cramps in your eyelids?
Dennis
--
Dennis M. Goff
Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Randolph College (Founded as Randolph
I use a tablet in one classroom where I teach statistics. The other has a
smartboard and I much prefer that! One advantage of either technology is that
you can save classroom images and post them on the class website. I also take
advantage of the drawing capabilities when I am demonstrating SPSS
I wonder if the "hat illusion" has anything to contribute to explaining this
vibration illusion?
Dennis
--
Dennis M. Goff
Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
Department of Psycholo
Gary,
That was very well "said!" A little light in the darkness of a cold winter's
night. I will try to remember it the next time I have this discussion with my
students.
Dennis
--
D
The Chronicle Review has an article authored by a ghost author of
student work. There is likely nothing new for most of us in this piece,
except that it is a first person report. The extent of the cheating is
immense. http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125329/
I saw this on Arts & Le
The lights help to reset the SCN and synchronize the various circadian
rhythms. That synchronization would have made the miners more
"comfortable." I believe that Holland talked about that in the NPR
interview. But I might have been reading that into his comments.
Dennis
--
7;s continually embarrassed by the
idiocy that comes out of her state. She told me today that Bill Maher's
section on "Stupidest State" often features it.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Dennis Goff w
This attack on education is only the tip of an iceberg here in Virginia. To see
how bad it is use "the Google" to find news about our Attorney General,
Cuccinelli. His McCarthy like attack on academic freedom at the University of
Virginia is just one of his many "accomplishments. "
http://mothe
I heard this story on NPR yesterday morning and thought that it could be
used as a nice introduction to some of the controversies surrounding the
new edition of the DSM or even a class discussion about the definition
of a psychological disorders. The story discusses diagnosing "grief
reactions" as
Paul,
Is there any chance that you could track down the study showing that smaller
colleges tend to have more conservative faculties? I am curious about the
methodology they used. It certainly does not match my current experience. Of
course region and a number of factors would also play into th
A Google search for speech spectrogram will yield some images and
programs that will allow you to look into this more. I have shown real
time speech spectrograms in class to *show* the difference between
speakers' voices and to illustrate how difficult the task of parsing the
speech stream is.
Th
Marie,
I am sorry that I don't have the references at hand; however, Elizabeth
Loftus has written about her experiences in the recovered memory trials
and debates and how those experiences influenced some of her
professional decisions.
It sounds like an interesting week.
Dennis
--
I am going to miss the reading this year. "Miss" is intended in both
senses. With Sue and Annette I recommend the experience.
With a car you all might try Oklahoma Joe's! Not a great place for
drinks, but great barbecue.
Dennis
-
Annette,
This might be a good starting point
http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2686
The link will take you to a press release at RPI for a recent experiment
showing that blue light in the morning could reset the circadian clock in
adolescents. The first author on the work is Mariana F
There was an interesting story on NPR this morning about published research on
medication effects in general. The story reports on a recent publication (JAMA)
that shows that approximately one-third of research published on medication
effects helps physicians make choices among treatments. The
NPR did a good follow-up story yesterday on All Things Considered.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123813455
tiny: http://tinyurl.com/ydlmwzq
>From the story
"Dr. Steven Novella, a neurologist at Yale University, says he's not
surprised by any of this. "Steven Laureys is a
Pleas pass this job description on to anyone that you think might be interested
in a one year sabbatical replacement opportunity for 2010-11.
The Department of Psychology at Randolph College (founded as Randolph-Macon
Woman's College in 1891), an independent, selective liberal-arts institution,
Our stats course fulfills the quantitative literacy requirement in our general
education program. So we don't ask students to take an additional math course.
I find that most of my students have the knowledge base I desire. There are of
course occasional exceptions. As others have pointed out, I
It has been kind of quiet.
--
Dennis M. Goff
Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891
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