1. Distinguish the roles for and types of descriptive and inferential statistics. 2. Classify data types found in the pharmacotherapy literature as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. 3. Evaluate statistical significance using either p values or confidence intervals. 4. Judge the appropriateness of common statistical tests or techniques for a set of data. 5. Infer the reliability of trial res...

The present study examined the behavioral effects of the first-person possessive pronoun. In each trial, a noun (e.g. cup or bread) was presented to participants after visual presentation of a possessive pronoun "wo de" (Chinese for "my") or "ta de" (Chinese for "his"), which formed ownership. Half participants were assigned to contextual encoding (CE) condition in which they were required to j...

In most states, trial judges’ sentencing is constrained by both ex ante constraints, in the form of mandatory and guideline sentences, and ex post review, often by the electorate. Might voters alter their evaluation of judges given the existence of boundaries on judicial discretion? Further, can legislators exploit this response? We present a model of ex ante and ex post control of judges given...

In the PoI’s most familiar context, the criminal trial, initial answers to these questions are easy. The official or body who is to reach the verdict (the judge(s), the jury) is to presume, of the defendant, that he is innocent of the offence for which he is being tried.4 The presumption protects the defendant against conviction and punishment for that crime unless it is defeated; what defeats ...

BAC THIS DISPOSITION IS NOT CITABLE AS PRECEDENT OF THE TTAB AUG. 18, 99 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________ Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ________ In re Liebel-Flarsheim Company ________ Serial No. 75/094,858 ______ Donald F. Frei of Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. for LiebelFlarsheim Company. Jennifer Stiver Chicoski, Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 105 (...