Chuck: How about a chapter from Stanovich's "How to Think Straight about Psychology." Chapter 3 on operationism and essentialism has useful discussions on what it means to investigate and understand some phenomenon. Statistics can be easily integrated into the discussions.
Good lcuk. K3n On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:41:43 -0500 Chuck Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am doing a guest spot in a colleague's class on statistics. He is > a religion PhD teaching in our religion department, but the course is > an interdisciplinary seminar for our "roll your own major" program. > The course is title "Ways of Knowing," and folks from across the > college will be stopping in to talk about how folks from their > approaches know things. > > I have been invited to assign a _short_ reading about stats that > could be read by 1st year general education students. What should it > be? > > My thanks, > -Chuck > -- > - Chuck Huff Psychology Department > - Professor & Chair St.Olaf College > - http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/ 1520 St. Olaf Avenue > - 507.646.3169 Fax: 646.3774 Northfield, MN 55057-1098 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor Dept. of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
