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I am a Ph.D. student in sociology at the University of Chicago with overly broad academic interests. My co-bloggers are distinguished sociologists Matthew Brashears and Jimi Adams.
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- February 26, 2011
- 02:31 PM
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Peer Effects in Education
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
Who would deny that friends, especially those in the same classroom, influence how much each other learn. This seems like a really important process to understand. It’s one of my research interests. Unfortunately it’s really hard! Mark, over at Observational Epidemiology, links us to VOXEU for a paper attempting to shed light on the topic. [...]... Read more »
Eleonora Pattachini and Yves Zenou. (2011) Dynamic Aspects of Teenage Friendships and Educational Attainment. Center for Economic Policy Research. info:other/DP8223
- June 11, 2010
- 02:47 PM
- 386 views
Professor Quality and Professor Evaluation
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
The overall pattern of the results shows that students of less experienced and less qualified professors perform significantly better in the contemporaneous course being taught. In contrast, the students of more experienced and more highly qualified introductory professors perform significantly better in the follow-on courses.... Read more »
Carrell, S., & West, J. (2010) Does Professor Quality Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Students to Professors. Journal of Political Economy, 118(3), 409-432. DOI: 10.1086/653808
- May 4, 2010
- 06:02 PM
- 291 views
Declining Standards in Higher Education
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
In a paper entitled, “Leisure College, USA“ Philip Babcock and Mindy Marks have documented dramatic declines in study effort since 1961, from 24 down to 14 hours per week. This decline occurred at all different sorts of colleges and is not a result of students working for pay.
At the same time, colleges are handing out better grades. In other work, Babcock presents strongly suggestive evidence that the two phenomena are related. That is, lower grading standards lead to less st........ Read more »
Phillip Babcock . (2010) The Falling Time Cost of College: Evidence from Half a Century of Time Use Data. NBER Working Paper. info:other/15954_id
- March 2, 2010
- 12:35 PM
- 540 views
Depression’s Upside?
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
The superficial summary is that depression is an evolutionary adaptation, and that is still helping us solve problems in modern society. Is this true? These are two very distinct claims and while each may have some merit, saying it like that may obscure as much as it enlightens. ... Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
- February 9, 2010
- 07:15 PM
- 755 views
Quantum Psychology?
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
Let me be frank; I think “The conjunction fallacy and interference effects” (ungated version) is a horrible misuse of math and indicates an embarrassing failure of peer review.
The author, Riccardo Franco, introduces a parameter that does doesn’t have any foundation in the phenomena it is trying to explain, nor is it shown to aid in [...]... Read more »
Franco, R. (2009) The conjunction fallacy and interference effects. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 53(5), 415-422. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.02.002
- January 17, 2010
- 10:38 AM
- 392 views
Influential Statisticians
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
Comments on Wright's interesting article.... Read more »
Wright, D. (2009) Ten Statisticians and Their Impacts for Psychologists. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(6), 587-597. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01167.x
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