What "exactly" is a prototype? Not sure, but average objects are not necessarily good candidates for

Good Educational Experiments Are Not Necessarily Good Change Processes

1 Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Zachry Engineering Center, MS3128, College Station, TX 77843-3128, [email protected] 2 Debra Penberthy, University of Wisconsin, Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation and Dissemination Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, [email protected] 3 Karan Watson, Texas A&M University, Associate Dean, College of Engineering...

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.    

health communication what it is and what is not

Success is not necessarily automatic

There are a number of factors (planning, process optimization, organizational structure, people development and the need to see the total picture) that must be in place for automation to be as effective as possible. This paper discusses these factors and their relationship with automation. It evaluates less obvious areas associated with automation, as well as the more established ones, and disc...

It's Great But Not Necessarily About Attention

I point out that Mack and Rock manipulated both expectation and attention and suggest that their results ('inattentional blindness') may have been caused by lack of expectation rather than lack of attention. This alternative reading of Mack and Rock's results is supported by other findings, which suggest that 'pure' manipulations of expectation produce 'blindness' whereas 'pure' manipulations o...