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Observer Forum
Randomly Confused I AM PUZZLED BY THE ARTICLE titled, “How Random Is That?” [September 2005 Observer]. The article appears to confuse (or at least not helpfully distinguish) random selection with several other “randoms” that populate
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Dropping The Ball
“If you don’t want to discover true associations, ignore what is going on among modern [statistical] techniques,” said Rand Wilcox, University of Southern California, playfully addressing the overflow audience. Wilcox’s invited address entitled, “More Reasons
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In Appreciation: Donald Fiske
Friends and colleagues share memories of Donald W. Fiske, who died in April at 86. A Eulogy for Donald W. Fiske John T. Cacioppo Donald W. Fiske was an exceptional individual in many respects. He
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In Appreciation: Paul E. Meehl
Paul Meehl, retired Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, died February 14, 2003 at the age of 83. Meehl was a clinical psychologist internationally known for his work on the reliability of
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Can the Weak Link in Psychological Research be Fixed?
My impression of psychological research is that it is conducted by bright, well-trained individuals armed with millions of dollars in research funds and that their work is resulting in massive amounts of data relevant to
