THANKS for sharing, this is a great addition to my collection of similar news headlines which are a great source of timely critical thinking exercises for students with "ripped from the news" relevance.... rene Dr. Rene Verry Associate Professor of Psychology Behavioral Sciences Department 423-F Shilling Hall Millikin University 1184 W Main Decatur, IL 62522 217-424-6398 rve...@millikin.edu
>>> "Jonathan Mueller" <jfmuel...@noctrl.edu> 9/11/2009 9:01 AM >>> Wow is right. That's a good article to use at the end of the term to see how many misrepresentations students can find. I have added it to the Correlation or Causation page at http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/100/correlation_or_causation.htm Thanks, Jon =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu >>> "Bourgeois, Dr. Martin" <mbour...@fgcu.edu> 9/11/2009 7:20 AM >>> Wow, here's a story just chock full of causal inferences from a relational study. My favorite: kids shouldn't start out in community colleges because they will be 36% less likely to finish a four-year degree than if they start out in a four-year school. http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090910/ts_usnews/whichhighschoolstudentsaremostlikelytograduatefromcollege --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
