articles of interest - Nov 14
/***BIG DATA
Companies commissioning data projects need to grasp the difference between two types of analytics projects Computer Week
Industrialized analytics are beginning to make truly life & death decisions- necessitating ethical/legal frameworks Smart Data Collective
Data science is a tool that is not necessarily going to give you answers, but probabilities New York Times
How Bayesian inference gives you sharper predictions from your data (esp. when data is scarce) Data Science Central
***WRITING& READING
Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing The Office of Research Integrity of the DHHS
Head Of National Book Foundation Encourages Young People To Read More NPR
10 tips to tighten your writing Gatehouse
***RESEARCH
There’s a way to spot data fakery. All journals should be using it STAT News
Discovery Versus Sequestration – Dealing with Complex Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in Research Misconduct Cases Investigations Law Blog
A court case may define the limits of anonymous scientific criticism Economist
***GENDER ISSUES
Being from a privileged background helps men, but not women, get top jobs Washington Post
Gender Gap: When Women and Men Vote Differently Bloomberg
Gender Politics: Women Actually Do Govern Differently New York Times
***RACE
Author Of 'They Can't Kill Us All' Discusses Race And Police Shootings NPR
***TECHNOLOGY
Los Angeles booms as a startup hub Economist
How I Used A/B Testing to Hack My Kids LifeHacker
***ART & DESIGN
How to make a logo, for free, in about 5 minutes Medium
Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life in Art, a Short Documentary on the Painter Narrated by Gene Hackman Open Culture
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Zuckerberg: the idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election is ‘crazy’ The Verge
What we know, and what we don’t, about Facebook’s effort to reduce hoaxes The Verge
***ADVERTISING
Digital advertisers battle over online privacy Economist
Advertisers Don’t Care About Fake News Sites: Yet Medium
***INTERNET
Google Estimates More Than 130 Trillion Web Pages Media Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Comfort Habits: Everyday habits can play a critical role in providing us with needed balance and continuity Becoming (my blog)
***RELIGION
Why Donald Trump Won With Women and Pro-Life Christians The Atlantic
Evangelical Left admits it doesn’t really exist Colorado Springs Gazette
The West has gained a lot from Christianity: There is still more to learn (book review) Economist
Trump Election Revealed Fractures Among Diverse Evangelical Community NPR
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations Pew Research
***JOURNALISM
Impartial journalism is laudable. But false balance is dangerous The Guardian
Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News New York Times
Whites more likely than nonwhites to have spoken to a local journalist Pew Research
Storytelling education: Berkeley to offer “Nonfiction Narratives” minor Berkeley Beacon
Buffalo College Newspaper Headline Links Donald Trump With White Supremacist Group NBC New York
***STUDENT LIFE
Implications of Trumps Presidential Victory for international and undocumented students Inside Higher Ed
Black Freshmen at UPenn Added to a “Daily Lynching” Hate Group Slate
Yale professor: My students aren’t snowflakes, and they don’t melt (opinion) Washington Post
Millennials Reject Car-Shopping Gender Stereotypes Media Post
***HEALTH
Safety Of Painkiller Celebrex Affirmed In New Study NPR
Their brains had the telltale signs of Alzheimer’s. So why did they still have nimble minds? Stat News
'Minibrains' Could Help Drug Discovery For Zika And For Alzheimer's NPR
Trump just dropped a big hint to the pharmaceutical industry: Trump's health-care plan may help the drug and medical device industries Washington Post
***PSYCHOLOGY
How Contestants' Social Security Numbers Could Affect 'Jeopardy' Wagers NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
A Princeton philosophy professor on the ethical argument for working for the Trump administration Quartz
What Did Nietzsche Really Mean When He Wrote “God is Dead”? Open Culture
Five Steps To Arguing On The Internet, According To Philosophy Junkee
***ETHICS
Ethical Implications Of Industrialized Analytics Smart Data Collective
Academic Ethics: The Legal Tangle of ‘Trigger Warnings’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Yes, You’re Right, Colleges Are Liberal Bubbles. Here’s the Data Chronicle of Higher Ed
Marx as Educator Chronicle of Higher Ed
***THE CAMPUS & POLITICS
Texas State University police looking into Trump 'vigilante' fliers Austin Statesman
The New Congress and Higher Ed Inside Higher Ed
AAUP Warns of Historic Threat to Academic Freedom Posed by Trump Chronicle of Higher Ed
Voters in many states weren't exactly thrilled with the notion of raising taxes to fund higher education Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Why today’s college students don’t want to be teachers Washington Post
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Trump Administration May Back Away from Title IX, but Campuses Won’t Chronicle of Higher Ed
Surrogates of President-elect Trump and other Republicans say they would scale back enforcement of Title IX Inside Higher Ed
Baylor Faces Rising Calls for Transparency in Sexual-Assault Scandal Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Student says Georgetown Law suppresses political activity; school says it supports free speech Washington Post