jimt67

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by jimt67 11y ago
Thank you...exactly the type of information that should have been added to the article (and I should have found in search).
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by jimt67 11y ago
I don't, but when you title an article "How DOCTORS choose to die" (caps added for emphasis) you are making a generalization and supporting it with anecdote. I realize "Doctors' death stories" might be less att
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by jimt67 11y ago
I thought this was thoughtful and well written but all I see is anecdote...there is no data presented that MDs choose different options than non-MD patients.
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by jimt67 12y ago
While quality of education varies with the professor, I would argue that it also varies with the student...possibly even more so. Let's assume Instructor A teaches Introduction to Nordic Studies at a non-selective university. Two of th
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by jimt67 13y ago
When you don't specify how far ahead in the future you are projecting these things to happen, technological innovations like "Robots Will Be Commonplace" are quite easy to predict. Especially when he appears to be lumping muc
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by jimt67 13y ago
So you have roughly, a 27% ROI for your first year -- which seems good. Have you accounted for: Income tax? Property tax? Insurance costs? Legal risks: (i.e., you potentially in violation of law)? Liability risks: (i.e., something happens t
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by jimt67 13y ago
There are other studies (e.g., http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=6327... ) A Google Scholar search will turn up others...the HCI literature seems to prefer the term visual embellishments to chartj
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by jimt67 13y ago
It may or it may not be...see: http://www.uvm.edu/~bbeckage/Teaching/DataAnalysis/AssignedP...
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by jimt67 13y ago
Given the vast amount of junky infographics, I generally agree with their philosophy. They do, however, seem to ignore some of the research on the value of chartjunk. Like this paper, which won a best paper award at CHI '10: http:&#x2
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by jimt67 13y ago
Seconded. This is anecdotal evidence. If the poster is making it to interview I would be willing to wager that the interview itself is leading to the lack of success rather than the degree. In other words, if there was an inherent bias agai
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University of Southern Maine (USM) says physics major is underused, will be cut(pressherald.com)
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by jimt67 13y ago
That ip also accessed the fiu digital collections in June: http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/web_stats/usage_201306.htm... Entirely possible that there is zero connection to FIU or the state of Florida in general.