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Understand Uncertainty in Program Effects
Education Week: In education research, there’s a drive to cut to the chase: What’s the effect on the classroom? How much better will students perform on the state math test using this curriculum? How many
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Sharpen Your Skills in Chicago
You’ve been meaning to brush up on OpenMX but just haven’t gotten around to it; that free tutorial on the R programming environment hasn’t budged from the bottom of your to-do list since the beginning
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In the Mood for Some Pi(e)?
Thanks to computer-driven calculations, we know the ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter goes on past one trillion digits. But since the 18th century, we’ve just called this behemoth number, Pi
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‘The whole is not greater than the sum of its parts’ in face recognition
Yahoo! India: Until now, most research has suggested that we recognize faces ‘holistically’ – we look at all the features-eyes, nose, mouth-simultaneously and, perceiving the relationships among them, gain an advantage over taking in each
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Do We Need More Methods?
Let’s be honest: Methods and statistics are not the average student’s favorite aspects of psychological science. Many graduate and undergraduate students seem to hold the viewpoint that courses in methods and statistics are a necessary
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Where Learning STEMs From
The need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professionals has become critical in the United States. A recent Washington Post article stated there is a shortage of qualified U.S. workers needed to fill openings