Saturday, June 25, 2016

Next Book: The Age of Reform

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Since I love Richard Hofstadter so much, my next read will be The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter.  This book is, on the surface, not a...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Who knew?

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I normally hate NYT articles that mention This One Program, but here's an article with 3 examples of This One Program , and at least two...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Book review: Academaze

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I'm posting my thoughts on Academaze as a single review rather than a series of chapter responses, because I was asked to post a review...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Theranos is falling in the marketplace, Lizzie is at risk of being banned

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(Post title should be read to the tune of these opening lyrics.) OK, you loyal followers of my grumpy blog.  We need to talk about Theran...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

I prefer my statistics free-range, not restricted in range

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OK, kids, gather around and learn some statistics.  Suppose that you're well-meaning and conscientious and want to make sure that colleg...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Defeated by a Russian...and it's summer!

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I can't read anymore of Anna Karenina .  I can't.  I tried, and made it 100 pages, but it's so slow, and the day-to-day activiti...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

Amazingly, doing homework problems is a good way to learn physics material

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I have graded my final exam and looked at correlations between homework scores and test scores.  Besides looking at overall homework average...
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