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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: Choice and Potential Outcomes
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Sunday, January 4, 2009. Choice and Potential Outcomes. I'm trying to read Manski's. Identification Problems in the Social Sciences. Outcome. I like the idea of starting an inquiry under the assumption that individuals do make rational decisions and seek out the most ...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: News Flash: "Children Willing to Consume Gummy Bear Snacks Daily"
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Monday, August 18, 2008. News Flash: "Children Willing to Consume Gummy Bear Snacks Daily". My 2 year-old is mildly obsessed with gummy bears. So when I came across a report titled. Gummy bear snacks: a school-based randomized. August 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM.
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: January 2009
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Sunday, January 4, 2009. Importance of Studying the Selection Process. Until we can reasonably understand the answer to this question, it's difficult to understand how biased the current course-taking studies are. Cook, T. D., Shadish, W. R., and Wong, V&#...In the sectio...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: New Study on 8th Grade Math Placement Misses the Methodological Mark
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Tuesday, September 23, 2008. New Study on 8th Grade Math Placement Misses the Methodological Mark. Institute released a new study. This month that claims many students will suffer under a policy where all 8 th. Graders are placed in Algebra (and the LA Times. Grade math&#...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: July 2008
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Thursday, July 10, 2008. Policy Precedes (my) Research. This week the California State Board of Education (SBE) voted to require all 8th graders get tested in algebra (L.A. Times article here. This exemplifies the timing disconnect between research and policy. The big...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: July 2009
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Thursday, July 30, 2009. Not surprisingly, I have not been able to keep up this blog and a glance at my current to-do list suggest that won't change any time soon. So in the meantime, here are some blogs and websites to follow the causal inference chatter:.
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: May 2008
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Saturday, May 10, 2008. Smoking, Lung Cancer, and Course-taking. In a 1996 article in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Mitchell H. Gail quotes the 1964. Report regarding causal relationships:. As Gail wrote, the Surgeon General's. Some time down the ro...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: December 2008
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Saturday, December 20, 2008. Not So Fast My Mathematically Inclined Friend. The Califonia Board of Education's ruling to test all 8th graders on Algebra was put on hold by the state Supreme Court. Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Summary of Thoughts Over the Past Months. For on...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: Summary of Thoughts Over the Past Months
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Summary of Thoughts Over the Past Months. For one of my classes I started using the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), which follows a 1988 cohort of 8th graders, to examine the effects of algebra in 8th grade. The dataset is less...
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research: August 2008
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Subjective Reflection on Objective Research. A spot to collect thoughts and reflections on the social science research process as I slowly progress throught the initial years of graduate school and (hopefully) into the phd dissertation. Monday, August 18, 2008. News Flash: "Children Willing to Consume Gummy Bear Snacks Daily". My 2 year-old is mildly obsessed with gummy bears. So when I came across a report titled. Gummy bear snacks: a school-based randomized. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Second year gradu...