Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?: "What is BlogThis! ?

BlogThis! is an easy way to make a blog post without visiting blogger.com. Once you add the BlogThis! link to your browser's toolbar, blogging will be a snap. Or rather, a click. Clicking BlogThis! creates a mini-interface to Blogger prepopulated with a link to the web page you are visiting, as well as any text you have highlighted on that page. Add additional text if you wish and then publish or post from within BlogThis!

There are two ways to use BlogThis!: if you use Windows and Internet Explorer, you can use BlogThis! straight from the Google Toolbar. If you're on another browser, just drag the link below to your browser's Link bar."

posted by craniac @

dailypennsylvanian.com - Penn prof: Point shaving possibly a factor in tourney: "Wolfers observed that in games with double-digit favorites, those teams tend to barely miss covering the spread. For example, in games with 14-point spreads, the favorite often tends to win by 12 or 13, winning by 15 or 16 far less often. In addition, while small favorites cover the spread about 50 percent of the time, large favorites only cover in 47 percent of the games."


I read the Wharton piece, and it sounds very plausible that he has detected, on a massive scale

posted by craniac @

blah blah blah


adbusters

posted by craniac @

NPR : Economist Claims to Have Evidence of Point Shaving: "Justin Wolfers, an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has analyzed 44,000 college basketball games and says he has found statistical evidence of point shaving among teams which are prohibitively favored by Las Vegas bookmakers."

posted by craniac @

posted by craniac @

ABC News: 'Freakonomics': What Makes a Perfect Parent?: "Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, co-authors of the best-selling 'Freakonomics,' pored through a massive government database called the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Starting in the late 1990s, it followed 20,000 American children, collecting information on many aspects of their lives. Levitt and Dubner used the ECLS to see what helps young children do well on tests.

'Not only does it measure their scores,' said Dubner. 'It also conducts extensive interviews with the families of the kids, so we know a lot about each family and what they do in the family.'"

posted by craniac @

"effects of divorce" .gov success in school - Google Scholar

posted by craniac @

1. reread chapter six and ask yourself honestly, "did I actually do a summary/strong response?"

2. post to your blog the following: a) your research question, b) What you currently know, think and feel about your topic, and c) who are you? How does your identity and experiences affect what you know or think about this topic?

3. Read chapter 21 for class and prepare for a "surprise" quiz. Read it carefully, don't just skim along.

posted by craniac @