ouch!

[via xkcd]

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sociology needs

fancy handouts and this guy’s stats software. this video is 20 minutes long. if you don’t have 20 minutes at the moment, please come back when you do. this is an amazing video (with a real ZING at the end). it’s one of the better TED talks i’ve seen.
from [...]

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wow.

you can buy the whole thing.
I’m pretty sure I read correctly that this guy has a B.A., full stop.  [via Sociological Images]

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rollercoaster

Hello! Today i will tell you about something very good, and something not so good.
the good
I have just received notice that I was one of 15 students chosen to present my paper on blogging at the Communication and Info Tech section’s ASA pre-conference in Boston this summer. This makes me a “Microsoft [...]

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Guess That Abstinence Only Thing Isn’t Working Out

“The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure,” Ms. Richards said, “and teenage girls are paying the real price.”
["Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls," NYT]
It’s just like D.A.R.E.!  Woo!

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how to write a research proposal in 9 easy steps

Here’s an awesome, succinct summary of how to write a research proposal from scatterplot’s Tina Fetner.
 My proposed study is about this. Here is why this problem is important. Here is what we know about this problem. These studies leave THIS IMPORTANT THING that needs to be found out. Here is what I will do to [...]

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if i was teaching methods

I’d be using the hell out of the imagery Lisa posted on sociological images today.  I think it’s really helpful to 1) be funny and 2) bring the material down to earth.  The students who will one day be published in ASR or AJS will probably be able to extrapolate from a graph that shows [...]

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hey look at that!

People have started posting on SociJournals!  If you haven’t figured it out yet, you can subscribe to the page that documents changes to the wiki in your RSS feed reader.

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inspired

Last year, Notre Dame apparently took a day off school in order to educate students on the issue of global health and third wold poverty. In response, a sociology MA student decided that rather that pursue his education, he would liquidate his assets and travel to third world countries delivering aid. He’s calling [...]

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SociJournals, Part Deux

Let’s the wiki idea again, this time without the platform-that-forces-you-to-identify-yourself thing.  SociJournals, take two.  Hat tip to ShrinkingIsaac for pointing me toward wikihost.org.  It’s less frilly, but more anonymous.

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