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Statistical Inference and the Scientific Method : Making Statistics Relevant

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2014

The purpose of this article is to propose that we focus the teaching of the introductory statistics course not merely … science is based on the testing of theories and shown how statistics fits into the framework of the philosophy of science …

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Substantiating vs. Refuting Claims in Hypothesis Testing : A Course Module

Friedman, Hershey H.; Friedman, Linda Weiser - 2016

This course module is for statistics instructors who want to teach students about the different approaches to setting …

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Prediction and Sufficiency in the Model of Factor Analysis

NAGA, Ramses H. ABUL - Départment d'économétrie et d'économie politique … - 1996

We contrast two approaches to the prediction of latent variables in the model of factor analysis. The likelihood … statistic constitutes the set of minimal sufficient statistics for the unobservables when sampling arises from the exponential … family of distributions. Linear predictors on the other hand can be obtained as distribution-free statistics. The paper …

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Visual inference and graphical representation in regression discontinuity designs

Korting, Christina; Lieberman, Carl; Matsudaira, Jordan D. - 2021

Despite the widespread use of graphs in empirical research, little is known about readers' ability to process the statistical information they are meant to convey ("visual inference"). We study visual inference within the context of regression discontinuity (RD) designs by measuring how...

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Does Growing the Number of Academic Departments Improve the Quality of Higher Education?

Friedman, Hershey H.; Friedman, Linda Weiser - 2018

One educator claims that the education system is useless for most students since it does not provide skills or make learning enjoyable. This may be one reason a researcher asserts that half of the 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States will be bankrupt within the next few decades....

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Evaluating the Performance of College Presidents in the Age of Disruption and Corruption

Friedman, Hershey H.; Kass, Frimette - 2017

This paper discusses a paradigm for rating college presidents that stresses factors that provide long-term value such as vision, faculty engagement, building a learning organization, providing ethical leadership, increasing student satisfaction, and enhancing the reputation of the organization....

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Critical Skills for Today's Accounting and Business Graduates

Fischer, Dov - 2015

This paper describes skills that today's accounting and business students must acquire to achieve success in the corporate world. Students without these skills may get jobs but will ultimately find themselves underemployed in dead-end jobs. Although specialized knowledge in a discipline is...

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How Statistics Can Save Your Life or End It : A Course Module

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2013

Probability and statistics are powerful weapons that can help people make good decisions, but that can also be used to … wreak havoc. This paper is the first in a series designed to provide examples to students of how statistics can be used and … misused to mislead the public and result in poor decision-making. In this module, we discuss the use of statistics in …

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The Crisis in Education : Practical, Cost-Effective Solutions

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2013

Evidence is mounting that the United States is losing its edge as a world leader when it comes to educating its citizens. It now ranks 13th in college graduation rates. In a recent 24-country Survey of Adult Skills, the U.S. ranked 16th in literary proficiency and 21st in numeracy proficiency....

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The Decline and Fall of the Business Major : Is It Inevitable?

Friedman, Hershey H. - 2013

Business is a very popular major today. Numerous articles have been written attacking the business major claiming that it is not rigorous enough and does not teach what it purports to do, especially in areas such as ethics. This paper discusses some of the issues with business as a major and...

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