‘Would you like to use one of these or would you rather be able to talk?’ – facilitated and/or augmentative communication and the preference for speaking

Who would you like to be when you grow up?

In February 2005, the Annals of Internal Medicine, a highly respected journal, published a systematic review of 59 manuscripts covering a total of 62 samples that reported on the relationship between medical knowledge/healthcare quality and years in practice/physician age. The implication of the data presented is that throughout their careers, physicians fail to upgrade their knowledge to keep ...

What Would You like to Be When You Grow Up?

Would you rather be injured by lightning or a downed power line? Preference for natural hazards

Past research has shown that many people prefer natural foods and medicines over artificial counterparts. The present study focused on examination of aversive events and hazards. Preferences were compared by having subjects consider pairs of scenarios, one natural and one artificial, matched in negative outcome and severity. Pairings were also rated along several dimensions of risk perception s...

Anonymity in Blended Learning: Who Would You Like to Be?

This paper examines the learning outcomes associated with implementing discussion forums and blog writings using pseudonyms in blended learning. Although anonymity or masking one’s identity has been used as a teaching strategy designed to induce higher writing production and lowering anxiety in face-to-face writing instruction, little research has been reported investigating whether this strate...

Statistical Perspectives Do as you would be done by: write as you would wish to read

• Good experiments should be planned in advance • Planning includes • Generating a firm plausible testable hypothesis • Avoiding confounding factors and other forms of bias • Understanding the “experimental unit” • Understanding the principles of the test you use • Presenting convincing positive and negative results • It helps to have some idea of what the data will be like • If you can first i...