If you’re wondering why it takes so long to receive your results for these computer-based exams, this comprehensive, step-by-step breakdown of the grading process helps explain the timeline: Testing centers sen
By relying upon recent work in speech act theory to illuminate the felicity conditions that define different kinds of success in scientific communication with non-experts and professionals in other fields, I am following an agenda that has already been set by others. But here we explore the dynam...
These results suggest that people would often like to assign a propositional conditional no truth value. This would be attractive in natural language and also in mathematics, as illustrated by propositional conditionals like ‘if3<2then3<5’. However, mathematics also has other, more important prio...
They explain one of the most common complaints that can arise during a transformation: that a key leader isn’t committed or isn’t taking the process seriously. Everybody is counting on that person to deliver something, and it’s not getting done. In addition to problems of individual ...
It’s common to state these in the present tense. Typical examples sound something like this: [At the end of the training] participants are able to articulate and explain the difference between concepts A, B and C; And/or are able to apply process D in real-world situations. To further...
If you find it hard to explain the z-score approach and are unsure whether others will be comfortable with it, one of the other approaches will generate similar results (albeit less precisely). The metrics are even more meaningful with confidence intervals, but that’s a topic for another ...
Explain the “why’s” of the assessment: Why should the respondent care? Make sure the respondent knows exactly what to expect: What is the purpose of the assessment? What will they learn? How much time will it take to fill out the assessment?
The stories explain the implications of discoveries in a way that scientific papers do not. And importantly, the PIO journalist includes the caveats and cautions that any good journalist would feature, which makes the release more credible. Over the long term, such compelling content obviates the ...
Let’s say you want to measure how often a person gets up from their desk at work. You choose Never—Seldom—Sometimes—Often—Always. How do you quantify the difference between seldom and sometimes? If a scale is potentially ambiguous, either explain the meanings in your introduction or ...
Urban policy makers and analysts often attempt to “cut through the noise” of urban disagreement by emphasizing a dominant lens for understanding the key, central logic of the city. How To Think About Cities sees this tendency to selective vision as misleading and ultimately unjust: cities are ...