Occasional presentations by members of Psychology 6140 on topics of interest, typically from popular news and blogs. Staff reporters can use this template for new PPT presentations.

Volume 1

• Text mining tweets for fun and profit - Michael Friendly
  Prof uses regression methods to predict DJIA
• The statistical error that just keeps on coming - Phil Chalmers
  Prestigeous neuroscience journals frequently report incorrect analyses
• Infographics: Finding its Place in Social Media - Julie Cinamon
• Early geometric proof rediscovered - Michael Friendly
  Fisher uses beautiful n-D interpretation to derive distribution of s and independence from mean

Volume 2

• Does playing baseball shorten your life? - Michael Friendly
  A sports journalist and a statistician examine mortality of football and baseball players

Volume 3

• Economists use 'intention-to-treat' methodology to assess Quebec childcare outcomes - Michael Friendly
  A study claiming to find negative effects on health, agression, crime, etc. following the introduction of universal childcare in Quebec

Volume 4

• Low Socioeconomic Status Affects Life Expectancy More Than Obesity - Michael Friendly
  A report on a collection of over 40 studies on risk factors for premature mortaltiy, now using meta analysis to pool conclusions over studies.