I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the manual recount is a
great example of a situation with potential for observer bias- Gore
supporters being more likely to see a Gore chad as being detached and Bush
supporters being biased in the opposite direction. And the video clips of
the election workers making collective guesses is a classic example of how
NOT to do interrater reliability.
Marty Bourgeois
University of Wyoming
-----Original Message-----
From: radmache [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 5:41 AM
To: Diana Kyle; tips
Subject: RE: relev to psych teaching
>I have been using the election in my statistics class to great advantage,
e.g. regression analysis to predict Palm Beach County's Buchanan votes from
the other precincts, type I/type II errors, sampling errors, errors in
measurements, statistical ties, etc. And perhaps, the most valuable lesson
the students are learning is the importance of statistics in our everyday
lifes. And, I could write a paper about how this all applies to social
psychology.
===== Original Message From "Diana Kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>Ahhh how sweet it is - Type I or Type II?
>Diana Kyle
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gerald Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: tips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 12:22 PM
>Subject: relev to psych teaching
>
>
>> I agree that the thread seems to wander a bit. I find however,
>> psychologists' hindsight biases and post hoc explanations well
>> illustrated. In addition, some of the stat discussion might be of
>> interest. Gary Peterson
>>
Sally A. Radmacher, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Missouri Western State College
4525 Downs Drive
St. Joseph, MO 64507
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