This is a guest post by Freeden Oeur at Tufts University on his Socius article, “Recognizing Dignity: Young Black Men Growing Up in an Era of Surveillance.” You can read more Socius articles at http://srd.sagepub.com/. Recognizing Dignity One finding animates studies of life in poor urban communities: young men yearn for respect, or the admiration and deference…
Continue reading →Yesterday the American Statistical Association (that’s right, a different ASA) released a “Statement on Statistical Significance and P-values.” It’s a thoughtful consideration of the issue, and it even includes 21 commentaries right off the bat, sort of a prepackaged colloquium to nerd out over. FiveThirtyEight did a nice little article on the statement, and I…
Continue reading →Like it or not, social media is a pervasive form of communication and a part of the way that we live now. Social media is an important way to promote one’s research and publications or a way to communicate with students. Inside Higher Ed recently wrote about a paper being presented at Information and Telecommunications…
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