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If one part of them are motivated by social factors, and the other by psychological problems, who is really free to commit a crime? What is the purpose of imprisoning them under this circumstances? Quest09 ( talk) 00:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm reading this PhD thesis on the impact of foreign language education on academic achievement in other areas, and although I'm slightly skeptical about the claims (foreign language helping all academic scores, including maths) I can't see any obvious flaws in the design. Still, it uses an experimental group from Louisiana's Foreign Language in Elementary Schools program. Can anyone tell me how this works (or perhaps more precisely how it worked in 2000-2003, but I'll take any info I can get)? Are foreign languages compulsory? I should add that I can't find where the author explicitly states whether she included all students in those schools in the experimental group, or just the ones doing foreign languages, so the question may be moot, but it looks like it could be an important factor. It's sort of homework (PhD) but I can't find the information online. Many thanks, IBE ( talk) 03:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Limitations of the Study
The present study is not framed in a true experimental research design with random assignment of subjects to treatment and control groups.
Good on you for looking that up - thanks for the effort. I was aware of that part of the thesis, but it does not quite undermine it. The experiment involved two groups, one taken from schools where they do not have foreign language classes (control group) and the other from those where they do (experimental group). The schools and the participants were matched as closely as possible on various criteria (socioeconomic status etc.), so there is some strength to the design. Those schools without a foreign language program had applied for an exemption on the grounds of funding problems, so there is at least some difference there - possibly significant. But I'm not sure it's enough, so I'm hoping someone knows how it works in Louisiana, because there could be systematic differences I am not aware of. IBE ( talk) 05:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Interesting. But how local is local? Schools in the treatment group were matched with other schools in the same parish (a block design I think), apart from three schools where it wasn't possible. "Parish" may be a term specific to Louisiana (not sure here) and the report states that exemptions are (typically) granted at the parish level (p80). Presumably, the exemption being granted, schools are free to choose, and a parish can select some schools for FLES programs. The schools could still differ, however, perhaps significantly. Am I right? IBE ( talk) 06:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks to all for helping me to clarify some of my thoughts. Still curious about how the FLES system works, if anyone chances along, but this has helped me a lot. IBE ( talk) 11:24, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
All three of these images are rightly tagged for deletion because they have no license tags. While they may be recent, I'm guessing that they're old enough to be PD-art (nowadays, who produces paintings of soldiers, sailors, or princes of small states from the 18th century?), but I can't find these images online except at the pages that their file descriptions attribute as their sources. Can anyone find more information about these paintings? Google simply gives me Wikipedia and mirrors. Nyttend ( talk) 05:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there any data available for how many transactions, on average, various US coins go through before ending up back at a bank? I'm particularly interested in data related to the Penny which I have a suspicion would have very low transaction numbers. Thanks in advance for any help. -- CGPGrey ( talk) 07:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a way to find an estimate of the purchasing power of a Penny around the time of its creation (1792/1793) as compared to today? -- CGPGrey ( talk) 10:32, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
This was recently asked and answered and you could check the archives.
In 2010, the relative worth of $0.01 from 1793 is:
- $0.23 using the Consumer Price Index
- $0.22 using the GDP deflator
- $3.49 using the unskilled wage
- $9.44 using the Production Worker Compensation
- $8.10 using the nominal GDP per capita
- $584.00 using the relative share of GDP
Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2011. Fifelfoo ( talk) 22:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Also, to claim my off wikipedia experience, I would strongly suggest that you use nominal share of GDP per capita as this better indicates the class war relationship, the concentration of capital, and the emiseration of the working class. Using a CPI index, when the Consumption Bundle receives productivity improvements, but wages don't, indicates that you have taken a clear political position in favour of the emiseration of workers. "Unskilled wage" has problems as a long term comparator, as wages are held down below productivity levels; similarly with "Production worker compensation". Fifelfoo ( talk) 22:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Which European nations used a different system to vote MPs in the government besides First-past-the-post system used in United Kingdom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.149.44 ( talk) 16:07, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
So the wikipedia article on Luther and Anti-Semitism used to say that Luther's anti-semitism began when he ate Kosher food and got violent diarrhea. I assumed it was vandalism, because all my google hits lead back to wikipedia.
This was the quote on the Martin Luther and antisemitism : "A few years later, in 1528, Luther reported a nearly fatal bout of diarrhea brought on by his consumption of Kosher food. In a letter to Melancthon, Luther suggested that the Jewish community had attempted to poison him. Luther further suggested that Kosher foods, which he believed to be disagreeable with the constitution of Gentiles, were eaten by the Jews (who, presumably, would not experience adverse effects from their consumption) as a show of superiority over the Gentiles and as a means of separating themselves from the mainstream German culture. He suggested that Kosher foods be banned from Christian nations."
But now I was reading Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas and I came across this passage: http://books.google.com/books?id=qsjhrs_SKvgC&pg=PT76&dq=luther+kosher+1528&hl=en&ei=HTXNToKDDOfL0QGG3cEO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diarrhea&f=false
"The troubles started in 1528 when, after a large meal of kosher food, he suffered a shattering attack of diarrhea. ... But the tragicomedy became purest tragedy when, three years before his death, Luther advocated actions against the"
I'm wondering if perhaps the author borrowed this from wikipedia without doing the research or if there really is truth to this story?
-- Gary123 ( talk) 18:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
on your impressionist painters page, there is no inclusion in the "D" section of one of the core members of the impressionist movement, Edgar Degas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.115.229 ( talk) 22:04, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
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If one part of them are motivated by social factors, and the other by psychological problems, who is really free to commit a crime? What is the purpose of imprisoning them under this circumstances? Quest09 ( talk) 00:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm reading this PhD thesis on the impact of foreign language education on academic achievement in other areas, and although I'm slightly skeptical about the claims (foreign language helping all academic scores, including maths) I can't see any obvious flaws in the design. Still, it uses an experimental group from Louisiana's Foreign Language in Elementary Schools program. Can anyone tell me how this works (or perhaps more precisely how it worked in 2000-2003, but I'll take any info I can get)? Are foreign languages compulsory? I should add that I can't find where the author explicitly states whether she included all students in those schools in the experimental group, or just the ones doing foreign languages, so the question may be moot, but it looks like it could be an important factor. It's sort of homework (PhD) but I can't find the information online. Many thanks, IBE ( talk) 03:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Limitations of the Study
The present study is not framed in a true experimental research design with random assignment of subjects to treatment and control groups.
Good on you for looking that up - thanks for the effort. I was aware of that part of the thesis, but it does not quite undermine it. The experiment involved two groups, one taken from schools where they do not have foreign language classes (control group) and the other from those where they do (experimental group). The schools and the participants were matched as closely as possible on various criteria (socioeconomic status etc.), so there is some strength to the design. Those schools without a foreign language program had applied for an exemption on the grounds of funding problems, so there is at least some difference there - possibly significant. But I'm not sure it's enough, so I'm hoping someone knows how it works in Louisiana, because there could be systematic differences I am not aware of. IBE ( talk) 05:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Interesting. But how local is local? Schools in the treatment group were matched with other schools in the same parish (a block design I think), apart from three schools where it wasn't possible. "Parish" may be a term specific to Louisiana (not sure here) and the report states that exemptions are (typically) granted at the parish level (p80). Presumably, the exemption being granted, schools are free to choose, and a parish can select some schools for FLES programs. The schools could still differ, however, perhaps significantly. Am I right? IBE ( talk) 06:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks to all for helping me to clarify some of my thoughts. Still curious about how the FLES system works, if anyone chances along, but this has helped me a lot. IBE ( talk) 11:24, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
All three of these images are rightly tagged for deletion because they have no license tags. While they may be recent, I'm guessing that they're old enough to be PD-art (nowadays, who produces paintings of soldiers, sailors, or princes of small states from the 18th century?), but I can't find these images online except at the pages that their file descriptions attribute as their sources. Can anyone find more information about these paintings? Google simply gives me Wikipedia and mirrors. Nyttend ( talk) 05:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there any data available for how many transactions, on average, various US coins go through before ending up back at a bank? I'm particularly interested in data related to the Penny which I have a suspicion would have very low transaction numbers. Thanks in advance for any help. -- CGPGrey ( talk) 07:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Is there a way to find an estimate of the purchasing power of a Penny around the time of its creation (1792/1793) as compared to today? -- CGPGrey ( talk) 10:32, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
This was recently asked and answered and you could check the archives.
In 2010, the relative worth of $0.01 from 1793 is:
- $0.23 using the Consumer Price Index
- $0.22 using the GDP deflator
- $3.49 using the unskilled wage
- $9.44 using the Production Worker Compensation
- $8.10 using the nominal GDP per capita
- $584.00 using the relative share of GDP
Samuel H. Williamson, "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present," MeasuringWorth, 2011. Fifelfoo ( talk) 22:50, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Also, to claim my off wikipedia experience, I would strongly suggest that you use nominal share of GDP per capita as this better indicates the class war relationship, the concentration of capital, and the emiseration of the working class. Using a CPI index, when the Consumption Bundle receives productivity improvements, but wages don't, indicates that you have taken a clear political position in favour of the emiseration of workers. "Unskilled wage" has problems as a long term comparator, as wages are held down below productivity levels; similarly with "Production worker compensation". Fifelfoo ( talk) 22:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Which European nations used a different system to vote MPs in the government besides First-past-the-post system used in United Kingdom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.149.44 ( talk) 16:07, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
So the wikipedia article on Luther and Anti-Semitism used to say that Luther's anti-semitism began when he ate Kosher food and got violent diarrhea. I assumed it was vandalism, because all my google hits lead back to wikipedia.
This was the quote on the Martin Luther and antisemitism : "A few years later, in 1528, Luther reported a nearly fatal bout of diarrhea brought on by his consumption of Kosher food. In a letter to Melancthon, Luther suggested that the Jewish community had attempted to poison him. Luther further suggested that Kosher foods, which he believed to be disagreeable with the constitution of Gentiles, were eaten by the Jews (who, presumably, would not experience adverse effects from their consumption) as a show of superiority over the Gentiles and as a means of separating themselves from the mainstream German culture. He suggested that Kosher foods be banned from Christian nations."
But now I was reading Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas and I came across this passage: http://books.google.com/books?id=qsjhrs_SKvgC&pg=PT76&dq=luther+kosher+1528&hl=en&ei=HTXNToKDDOfL0QGG3cEO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diarrhea&f=false
"The troubles started in 1528 when, after a large meal of kosher food, he suffered a shattering attack of diarrhea. ... But the tragicomedy became purest tragedy when, three years before his death, Luther advocated actions against the"
I'm wondering if perhaps the author borrowed this from wikipedia without doing the research or if there really is truth to this story?
-- Gary123 ( talk) 18:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
on your impressionist painters page, there is no inclusion in the "D" section of one of the core members of the impressionist movement, Edgar Degas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.115.229 ( talk) 22:04, 23 November 2011 (UTC)