Baldwin et al. (2007 [this issue]) raise a number of concerns about our efforts to discern the independent effects of human activity levels and distributions on biodiversity (Brown & Laband 2006). Their central point of contention seems to be that we failed to acknowledge properly in our work that “land-use change due to sprawl is a leading threat to biological diversity in the United States.” ...

One of the goals of research should be the dissemination of research findings. Presentation of research findings to an audience of interest can be accomplished through formal or informal presentations at professional conferences or on a departmental level, publication in a variety of professional journals, and presentation as a poster session. Poster presentations attract an audience of similar...

This article examines the quantitative research literature that focuses on the object relations sequelae of childhood maltreatment. A review of 12 studies indicates strong support for a relationship between childhood maltreatment and a malevolent object world. This relationship holds despite variations in methodology across studies, including differences in sampling and measurement techniques. ...

There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of other studies on the same question, and, importantly, the ratio of true to no relationships among the relationships probed in each scientific field. In this framework, a research finding is less likely to be true whe...

Writing clearly is critical to the success of your scientific career. Unfortunately, this skill is not taught in medical school or postgraduate training. This article summarizes our approach to the writing and publication of your research. Here we focus on empirical or experimental reports of translational and clinically oriented research. We review the process of choosing what to write, how to...

The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System determines the effectiveness of school systems, schools, and teachers based on student academic growth over time. An integral part of TVAAS is a massive, longitudinally merged database linking students and student outcomes to the schools and systems in which they are enrolled and to the teachers to whom they are assigned as they transition from grade ...

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The critical role of family factors is acknowledged in virtually every psychological theory of substance abuse (Brook et al. 1990; Bry 1983; Catalano and Hawkins 1996; Dembo et al. 1979; Dishion et al. 1988; Elliott et al. 1989; Hawkins et al. 1992; Jessor 1993; Kandel and Davies 1992; Kaplan and Johnson 1992; Kellam et al. 1983; Kumpfer 1987; Newcomb and Bentler 1989; Oetting and Lynch 1993; W...