SOAN 2120 Lecture : Monday January 9 Lecture Notes
16 Jan 2012
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No class on february 17th (the day after the midterm)- midterm up to chapters 6-7. Needleman case: y 1975 collected teeth from 3,329 first and second grade kids y 270 of the most likely subjects y 58 high lead children reported on y 100 low lead children reported on. Issue of only looking at one type, should have compared intelligence between low and high exposure in other backgrounds too. Issue that 58 kids plus 100 kids is not equal to the group of 270 most likely subjects . They accused him of cherry picking his data, he picked the best of the data to do some statistical manipulation to get significant results. Needleman was brought up on charges of academic misconduct because of this kind of reporting, he has since explained why he went from 270 to 158, and they are pretty good reasons. Heated arguments, lots of bitterness, scar and enheart were portrayed as corporate and heartless people.
