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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 8: Discrete Probability Distributions, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 08_Examples.xlsx
• 08_Exercises.xlsx
• BinomialTable.xlsx
• Hypergeometric_Calculator.xlsx
• PoissonTable.xlxs

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 14: One-Sample Null Hypothesis Significance Tests, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• z-Values_AreaBetweenMean&X.pdf
• z-Values_AreaBetweenMean&X.xlsx
• z-Values_CriticalValues_z_p-Values.pdf
• z-Values_CriticalValues_z_p-Values.xlsx

• Student-t_tables.pdf
• Student-t_tables.xlsx

• Finding_CVs_p-values.xlsx
• 14_Examples.xlsx
• 14_NHST_Workbook.xltx
• P-Value_Calculators.xlsx
• PowerTable.xltx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 13: Introduction To Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (Nhst), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 11: Confidence Intervals, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 11_Examples.xlsx
• 11_Exercises.xlsx
• 11_GallupMarijuana.xlsx
• Student-t_tables.pdf
• Student-t_tables.xlsx
• z-values_AreaBetweenMean&X.pdf

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Appendix 1: Math Review, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 19: Wrapping Up, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Appendix 3: Common Statistical Symbols And Formulas, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 13: Introduction To Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (Nhst) (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 18: Linear Correlation And Regression, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• Module18_Examples.xlsx
• Module18_Exercises.xlsx
• Student-t_table.xlsx
• Student-t_table.pdf

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 17: Chi-Square Tests (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 2: Types Of Data (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Representing Percents And Personas: Designing Syncretic Curricula For Modeling And Statistical Reasoning, Sarah Radke, Sara Vogel, Christopher Hoadley, Jasmine Ma

Publications and Research

Syncretic literacy can link everyday and scientific concepts in student learning. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a curricular unit in a bilingual middle school science class developed to help students link everyday conceptions, conceptions from math, science, and computer science, and their own broad linguistic repertoires to support syncretic literacy in modeling and statistics in a unit on post-Hurricane Maria outmigration from Puerto Rico. The unit invited students to use printed maps, physical objects, computer code, and simulations to explore concepts such as percentages and scientific models, framed by an approach from translanguaging pedagogy. Qualitative …

The Reproductive Health And Academic Impact Of The New York City School-Based Health Center Reproductive Health Project For Adolescents, Michelle Silverio

Dissertations and Theses

Background: Gaining an understanding of how school reproductive health policies impact adolescent sexual health and academic outcomes is a public health priority in the United States (U.S.) since it has the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among developed nations. Adolescence is a critical developmental period and influences in this period affect reproductive health and social well-being over a person’s entire lifespan. Almost all adolescents spend the majority of their time in school settings; therefore local school reproductive health policies may have substantial lifetime impacts. Policies such as providing comprehensive sexual health education and contraceptive access in …

Development Of A Hospital Readmission Reduction Program For Patients Discharged To Skilled Nursing Facilities: An Application Of Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Techniques, Anna Stachel

Dissertations and Theses

Background

Hospital readmissions within 30 days after discharge have drawn national policy attention as they are a reflection of suboptimal patient care. Readmissions are costly, accounting for more than $17 billion in potentially avoidable Medicare expenditures - nearly 78% of readmissions may be avoidable. Rich electronic data from medical records, growing computing capacities, and open source machine learning algorithms offer new opportunities to predict patients at high risk for readmission and prevent readmission through focused interventions. Prediction models might also serve to provide a more nuanced context of patient characteristics that lead to variations in readmission rates. Furthermore, transitional care …

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 1: An Introduction To Statistics, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 3: Where Do Data Come From?, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 5: Statistical Measures, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 05_BoxAndWhisker.xlsx
• 05_CV_BigMac_Data.xlsx
• 05_DescriptiveStat-ToolPak
• 05_EstimatingMeanSD.xlsx
• 05_Exercises.xlsx
• 05_GeometricMean.xlsx
• 05_MAD.xlsx
• 05_M&M_Colors.xlsx
• 05_Mean_Outlier.xlsx
• 05_Median_Outlier.xlsx
• 05_Mode.xlsx
• 05_Percentiles_Quartiles.xlsx
• 05_Range.xlsx
• 05_TrimmedMean.xlsx
• 05_VAR_SD.xlsx
• 05_WgtMean_Frappachinos.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 17: Chi-Square Tests, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• ChiSq_Distribution.xlsx
• ChiSq_Distribution.pdf

• p-value_Calculator.xlsx

• 17_ChiSq_Examples.xlsx
• 17_ChiSq_Exercises.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Appendix 1: Order Of Mathematical Operations Transcript, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 5: Statistical Measures (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 8: Discrete Probability Distributions (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 18: Linear Correlation And Regression (Slides), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 7: Probability (Slides), Edward Volchok

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A Modelist Proposal, Jian Shen

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Many philosophers of mind regard "What is representation?" as a question of paramount importance. In ask this question they overlook the possibility—what I argue is in fact the correct answer—that there is simply nothing specifically representational about representational systems. "Representation" is a label we somehow feel compelled to stick to some systems but not to others, but it fails to pick out an explanatorily relevant kind. This is most clearly seen when we look at representational systems through the lens of formal models—in particular, the sender-receiver model as developed by David Lewis, Brian Skyrms, and others. I offer a cosmetically …

Stealin' The Meetin': Black Education History & The Black Panthers' Oakland Community School, Robert P. Robinson

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation frames the Black Panthers' Oakland Community School (OCS) as a convergence of Black self-determination/Black Power, Black education history, and curriculum studies. Drawing from widely-cited archives, rarely-cited archives, oral history, periodicals, and secondary source material, the proposed study extends the OCS narrative by tracing its curricular trajectory and highlighting the voices of students, parents, and staff. It considers how the school’s history provides examples of educational practices—such as restorative justice and culturally relevant pedagogy—that would not become named or popularized in mainstream education until much later, asserting that histories of this sort can inform educational endeavors in the present. …

A Comparison Of Tribal Sovereignty, Self-Determination, And Environmental Justice At The Epa’S Onondaga Lake And Tar Creek Superfund Sites, Thomas Clark

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program mandates that Native American tribes are afforded the same treatment as states in the implementation of environmental remediation projects; however, the degree of coordination and consultation between the EPA and sovereign tribal governments varies widely between sites. Two of the Superfund program’s highest profile sites with Native American interest, northeast Oklahoma’s Tar Creek and central New York’s Onondaga Lake, are characterized by such a disparity in tribal participation. While Oklahoma’s Quapaw Tribe would ultimately enter into a number of cooperative agreements with the EPA for direct control over remedial projects, New York’s Onondaga Nation …

Object-Oriented Musicology: Some Implications Of Graham Harman's Philosophy For Music Theory, History, And Criticism, Eric Taxier

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation brings the ideas of the philosopher Graham Harman (b. 1968) into a musicological context. His “object-oriented ontology” is widely known in continental philosophy, but it has not yet entered rigorous contact with musicology. Certain factors pose difficulties at first glance, such as Harman’s focus on metaphysical issues (originating in his critique of Martin Heidegger) and his rehabilitation of the widely criticized concept of aesthetic autonomy. But these are also sources of novelty that could make an object-oriented encounter with musicology fruitful. In the first chapter, I outline the main features of Harman’s thought. He critiques assumptions about the …

Structural Studies Of Peptide Toxins And Their Binding Properties Towards The Voltage Sensing Domain Of Nav1.7, Ryan Schroder

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Voltage gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are essential to the propagation of nerve cell impulses and thus communication in the nervous system. VGSCs are comprised of four repeating units of six transmembrane helices. Of the six transmembrane helices, the first four (called S1-S4) comprise the voltage sensing domain (VSD) and the last two (S5-S6) comprise the pore domain (PD)¹. The Human voltage-gated sodium channel Na_V1.7 has been shown to play a vital role in the nerve pathways that induce pain response². Many of the currently available pain therapeutic drugs are opiates, derivative molecules of opium. …

A Quantitative Examination Of Black And Hispanic Students’ Time-To-Graduation, Ferdinand A. Verley Ii

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

What factors influence Black and Hispanic students’ time-to-graduation, and is it different for their special opportunity program peers? Using theoretical lenses including intersectionality, class struggle, justice, and sociological practice, this dissertation employs data from a large urban public university system to examine the relative impact of demography, academic preparedness, and financial background on students’ time-to-graduation performance.

Time-to-graduation, operationalized in this dissertation as the duration of years before a student earns a bachelor’s degree, for full-time students often represents an investment of time at the expense of earning a wage or salary in the job market. The economic gain that accrues …

The Reduction, Sequestration, And/Or Coordination Of Technetium-99 Utilizing Polyoxometalates And Nanomaterials, Colleen Mb Gallagher

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Research into the sequestration of radionuclides from aqueous media is being conducted due to the contamination of aqueous waste effluents and groundwater with highly toxic long-lived radionuclides. These contaminants are introduced into water and streams from legacy nuclear sites, nuclear reactor operations, nuclear fuel reprocessing, nuclear weapons testing, and plutonium production. A major contributor (~6%) to the waste from thermal neutron fission of uranium-235 is the radionuclide technetium-99 (⁹⁹Tc). It is considered a long-lived radioisotope with a half-life of 2.1x10⁵ years. It is a weak beta emitter with a max energy of 0.29 MeV and is most …