[Pols-l] POLS 707 poster presentation reminder

[Paul Johnson]

As you may know, Gail B started a tradition of poster presentations at 
the end of POLS 707.  In light of the difficulty we have had getting 
these posters created, I conclude she had a GREAT idea of having all of 
the students try to do this.  Students have known all through the 
semester that this would be needed, but some did not start till 
yesterday.  I'm not entirely sure how many posters there will be, but if 
you are around Blake in the noon hour, please consider coming down to 
see what happens.  Honestly, I'm on pins and needles!

I'm sure there will be a couple of these posters that are quite good, so 
it is worth a quick check for you. In my work with the psychologists, I 
learn they've been getting away from making "sum score" scale variables 
for use in regression. They propose instead a structural equation 
approach.  We have one poster which will compare the 2 ways of thinking 
about this.  It appears that the same results can often be obtained, and 
I'm not sure if that means the simple old way is good enough or that we 
were just getting lucky most of the time.

Please go to  211 Blake for the POLS 707 poster presentations, Noon – 1pm.

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Paul E. Johnson			University of Kansas	     	
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