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Statistics Exam #2
Here as promised, word for word1, is the second exam I gave my introductory statistics students. A prerequisite for the class was at least "Pre calculus". I emphasize---in italics!---that I…
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I’m Happy To Help, Judith Curry: Overconfidence In IPCC’s Detection And Attribution
Thanks to reader Roger Cohen for brining this to my attention. Atmospheric scientist Judith Curry recently ran a series of blog posts entitled, "Overconfidence in IPCC’s detection and attribution." In…
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Got Back Late
I was late from my weekend excursion, and have only just returned to the computer. I haven't read any comments from previous posts, nor answered email. Anybody read the book…
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Too Many Kids Go To College: A Third Conversation With Myself
Links to the first and second conversation with myself about teaching. I am away from the computer until Monday, 25 October. William Wasn't this your week for midterms? How'd they…
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Utilitarianism, Halloween, and Phantasm
Jeremy Benthem The Tall Man Halloween is coming, and that means it's time to consider frightening things. And what over the past two centuries has been more horrific than the…
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The Corporatization of the University: Part III — Guest Post By Agnes Larson
Agnes Larson is a long-time university insider. This article is Part III of a three-part series. Read Part I, Part II. Prevalence of Differential Wage Corporations are frequently under fire…
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The Corporatization of the University: Part II — Guest Post By Agnes Larson
Agnes Larson is a long-time university insider. This article is Part II of a three-part series. Read Part I, Part III Layoffs and Workforce Planning A time-honored corporate method of…
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The Corporatization of the University: Part I — Guest Post By Agnes Larson
Agnes Larson is a long-time university insider. This article is Part I of a three-part series. Read Part II, Part III Background As early as 1918 Thorstein Veblen bemoaned the…
