Thursday, June 26, 2008

Using Cross Tabulation

In this article, I introduce the essential statistics necessary for viewers of cross tabulation tables to obtain the power that these tables offer.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

New Fndings about the location of Sarcasm

There was nothing very interesting in Katherine P. Rankin’s study of sarcasm — at least, nothing worth your important time. All she did was use an M.R.I. to find the place in the brain where the ability to detect sarcasm resides. But then, you probably already knew it was in the right parahippocampal gyrus.

Katherine P. Rankin, a Neuropsychologist, Studies Sarcasm - NYTimes.com

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Habeas Ruling Lays Bare the Divide Among Justices - washingtonpost.com

Habeas Ruling Lays Bare the Divide Among Justices - washingtonpost.com:
"The Supreme Court's decision that detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have a right to challenge their imprisonment before a judge revealed in vivid detail the justices' deep divide over the role of the judiciary in wartime."

Saturday, June 14, 2008

How Your Brain Makes Political Decisions - Newsweek Sharon Begley - MSNBC.com

How Your Brain Makes Political Decisions - Newsweek Sharon Begley - MSNBC.com
Ever wonder why fear-mongering seems to work so well at the polls—while appeals to reason often leave the electorate cold? A new book applies neuroscience to politics to figure out why the Democrats struggle to push the buttons in voters’ brains.