{"id":3333,"date":"2009-01-21T04:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/21\/links-for-2009-01-21\/"},"modified":"2009-01-21T04:00:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:00:49","slug":"links-for-2009-01-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/21\/links-for-2009-01-21\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-01-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prst-per.aps.org\/abstract\/PRSTPER\/v5\/i1\/e010101\">Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5 (2009): Lauren E. Kost, Steven J. Pollock, and Noah D. Finkelstein &#8211; Characterizing the gender gap&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Binned by quintiles, we observe that males and females with similar pretest scores do not have significantly different post-test scores (p&gt;0.2) . The post-test data are then modeled using two regression models (multiple regression and logistic regression) to estimate the gender gap in post-test scores after controlling for these important prior factors. These prior factors account for about 70% of the observed gender gap. The results indicate that the gender gap exists in interactive physics classes at our institution but is largely associated with differences in previous physics and math knowledge and incoming attitudes and beliefs.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/gender\">gender<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/statistics\">statistics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/articles\">articles<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogthereligions.com\/node\/21\">The Purpose of This Experience | John Hummel Blogs the Religions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;I believe people are basically good. And I believe that most religions seek to do the right thing. So perhaps by me going out and talking to as many as I can, I can show other people that no, Religion X is not an evil cult intent on controlling people &#8211; but has the same goals as I: help the helpless, tend to the sick, comfort the afflicted.<\/p>\n<p>And the only way to see if I&#8217;m right &#8211; is go talk to people. So I fired up Google maps, and typed in &quot;churches&quot; and my zip code, and started calling houses of meeting. The chapters and tales that follow tell of my journey. I really don&#8217;t know how it will end.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/religion\">religion<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/purepedantry\/2009\/01\/deliberate_skepticism_of_obama.php\">Pure Pedantry : Deliberate Skepticism of Obama&#8217;s Inauguration<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;For no other reason, do you remember any other inaugural speech that mentioned both science AND atheism! I don&#8217;t. For that alone, I left it energized.<br \/>\nBut just as you recognize that you are intoxicated by something, I have to force myself to consider two good reasons for skepticisim.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slacktivist.typepad.com\/slacktivist\/2009\/01\/three-prayers.html\">slacktivist: Three prayers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;[Rick Warren&#8217;s]  prayer was heartfelt, if a bit workmanlike and mostly &#8212; deliberately and carefully &#8212; it was inclusive. It exhibited, in other words, signs of the nascent but not yet fully realized inclusiveness and tolerance that I think our new president was hoping to nurture in both Warren and his constituents by including him &#8212; and thus them &#8212; in today&#8217;s ceremony. Here&#8217;s hoping that Warren will continue to follow the trajectory of what he already seems to believe even when that clear path leads to places where his loudest critics fear to go.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/religion\">religion<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/slacktivist\">slacktivist<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=blog&amp;id=11783\">Tor.com \/ Science fiction and fantasy \/ Blog posts \/ The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 1<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Welcome to the first (official) post of the Wheel of Time Re-read. Today\u00e2\u0080\u0099s post will cover Chapters 1-9 of The Eye of the World, the first book in the Wheel of Time series.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/SF\">SF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/literature\">literature<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/sciencewoman\/2009\/01\/life_for_faculty_at_primarily.php\">Sciencewomen : Life for faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions (Guest Post by Kim Hannula)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;In the comments on Alice&#8217;s post about grad students and balanced careers, there was some discussion about working at a primarily undergraduate institution, and questions about whether that would be a good choice for people who want a more balanced career. Sciencewoman asked if I would be willing to post a description of a typical day in the life of a PUI professor, so&#8230; here I am.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dotphys.net\/2009\/01\/unit-conversions-for-mere-mortals\/\">Unit conversions for mere mortals | Dot Physics<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Unit conversion only involves 1 thing.<br \/>\nUnit conversion is multiplication by 1<br \/>\nYes, really. 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