You Can’t Fix What Is Not Broken: Contextualizing the Imbalance of Perceptions About Heritage Language Bilingualism

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

What You See is Not Always What You Sign

A fundamental aspect of computer systems is that displaying and signing a digital document are separate and unlinked processes. In addition, the same digital document can be displayed differently on different systems. As a consequence it is difficult to determine what exactly has been signed, both from the signer’s and the verifier’s point of view. This paper discusses how confusion about the m...

Bilingualism changes children's beliefs about what is innate.

Young children engage in essentialist reasoning about natural kinds, believing that many traits are innately determined. This study investigated whether personal experience with second language acquisition could alter children's essentialist biases. In a switched-at-birth paradigm, 5- and 6-year-old monolingual and simultaneous bilingual children expected that a baby's native language, an anima...

What the Language You Tweet Says About Your Occupation

Many aspects of people’s lives are proven to be deeply connected to their jobs. In this paper, we first investigate the distinct characteristics of major occupation categories based on tweets. From multiple social media platforms, we gather several types of user information. From users’ LinkedIn webpages, we learn their proficiencies. To overcome the ambiguity of self-reported information, a so...

health communication what it is and what is not