The InsideHigherEd write-up is here. The ASA statement is here: “It’s science’s dirtiest secret: The ‘scientific method’ of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation.” A November, 2013, article in Phys.org Science News Wire (2013) cited “numerous deep flaws” in null hypothesis significance testing. A ScienceNews article (Siegfried, 2014)…
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His excellent summary is in the Emerald, here. Some good quotes from a former officer and the usual pablum from the UO administration. All worth reading. The VPFA has responsibility for managing the UOPD (previously known as Public Safety). The VPFA was initially France Dyke, then in 2012 or so, after a failed external…
3/4/2016: That’s if you use the NCAA’s questionable “Academic Progress Rate” for the team’s “student-athletes” to decide who wins. Insider Higher Head, here: As of 5PM 3/13/2016: Betting markets give Bernie Sanders the edge over Dana Altman 8% probability Bernie Sanders will make it to the US presidential finals, from predictwise.com 7% probability…
ATL has the leaked 2017 rankings here – they’re not out officially until next week. When Michael Moffitt started as dean, UO Law was ranked #77. They fell year after year, and were tied for #100 in the 2015 rankings. (Released in March 2014). After the $10M subsidy from VPFA Jamie Moffitt kicked…
No, I’m not talking about the UOPD and the Bowl of Dicks retaliation case. I think HLGR has billed UO ~$500K on that, so far, to top off the $755K settlement and $450K or so to Cleavenger’s excellent lawyers. (For First Amendment cases the losers pay the damages and also the winning attorneys,…
Time is short. The sign-up for running for election to the UO Senate and volunteering to serve on Senate and University committees is here. It closes tomorrow, I believe: You can self-nominate for the elected positions, and indicate which of a plethora of interesting committees that you would like to…
Elevator version: John Bonine and Kevin Reed and the Senate had a civil, collaborative, and productive session on the counseling confidentiality motion and the GCO amendment. Many interesting issues came out, thanks to the full engagement of the Senate. Some issues were dealt with expeditiously with new amendments, generally unanimously. Given the April…
An Op-Ed in the RG today, full text here: During February’s legislative session, the University of Oregon’s top lobbying priority was to increase the state hotel tax to get $25 million to subsidize TrackTown USA’s 2021 championship games. There were no visible efforts to work for new funding to improve…
Diane Dietz has a thorough report on the student-led effort to get the UO Foundation to divest from fossil-fuel stocks, here. The students have been pushing this for years. Last year the students persuaded the UO Senate to unanimously endorse divestment – I think I was the last Senator to switch to…
At UO, as at most research universities, many undergrad courses are taught by graduate students who are in the process of getting PhDs. The grad student teaching frees up faculty to teach graduate level classes and supervise the research of the PhD students. Are the undergrads getting a good education?…
and finds nought but a “scattered assortment of spreadsheets”, here. Not to mention the $10M side payment to her husband’s law school. $2.4 million a year for the Duck athletic department’s Jock Box – her former employer. $2M in legal fees and damages for the behavior of UOPD Police Chief Carolyn McDermed,…
Update: A retired NCC professor has more in the RG, here. 1) Ben Franklin (Penn): “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” 2) Ben Hansen (UO) quoted in a well researched Daily Emerald article by Forrest Welk, which also quotes President Schill etc: Vickie Gimm, a UO student, took…
3/7/2016: And another raise. Mediation starts April 27, meanwhile the legal bills pile up. All paid from the academic budget, of course. 2/07/2016: What’s it about this time? Duck bowl games. Back in 2012 Duck Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Finance and Administration Eric Roedl got a call from some insurance salesman, and…
Surveys much be completed by 5:00, Wednesday, March 9.
Candidate A: February 23-24, 2016 – Roger Cone
Candidate B: February 25-26, 2016 – David Conover
Candidate C: March 1-2, 2016 – Patricia Bauer
Candidate D: March 3-4, 2016 – Edmund Seebauer
From the Iowa Political Markets. The vertical axis is the market price of a contract that pays $1 if the event occurs. (Strictly speaking this price is not a probability estimate, but close enough for economists. See Predictwise for more.) Presidential winner: