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Optimal Test Length: How Many Pages Do I Need To Grade (Or Even Write)? Jan 2024

Optimal Test Length: How Many Pages Do I Need To Grade (Or Even Write)?

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper examines how test length affects average scores and standard deviations in exam grading. After writing (unnecessarily) long exams, we test if decreasing the number of pages changes the average and standard deviation relative to longer exams. When testing exams four to six pages long, we find that exams above four pages do not seem to add any precision to the averages or standard deviations. Additionally, we find that a three-page exam has the same average and standard deviation, but exams with fewer than three pages change the distribution of student grades, making it harder to distinguish student quality.

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Simulating Hedge Fund Fee Structures In An Investments Course Jan 2024

Simulating Hedge Fund Fee Structures In An Investments Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Graduate level investments courses frequently include a discussion of hedge funds and the related fees. Many alternative fee structures exist for these funds. It is important for future hedge fund managers to wrestle with the advantages and disadvantages of each structure as they define their fund. This paper introduces a semester-long exercise that requires students to select a specific fee structure, implement and track it, and experience the consequences of their performance.

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Monte Carlo And Bootstrapping Carry Trade Simulations In Excel Jan 2024

Monte Carlo And Bootstrapping Carry Trade Simulations In Excel

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

In a currency carry trade, an investor borrows money in a low interest rate currency and invests in a high interest rate currency. The trade is profitable if the future exchange rate does not adjust to the interest rate differential. After downloading exchange rate data, a Monte Carlo simulation of a carry trade is performed in Excel based on a normal distribution and the data’s mean and standard deviation. A bootstrapping carry trade simulation exercise is also generated by randomly selecting observations from the historical data. In contrast to the Monte Carlo simulation, the bootstrapping exercise preserves the skewness within …

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Utilizing Pitchbook In A Live Case Study Jan 2024

Utilizing Pitchbook In A Live Case Study

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This article discusses how to incorporate PitchBook in a live case study for Venture Capital, Investment Banking, or Mergers and Acquisitions courses. Students conduct a live case study in which they prepare an executive summary, forecasted financial statements, and an investment pitch deck for real companies preparing to raise private capital. PitchBook provides extensive capital market data on private equity, venture capital, and merger and acquisitions data across the globe. Students utilize PitchBook to gather data critical to prepare companies to go on a “Road Show” to raise private capital.

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On The External Validation Of An Undergraduate Finance Program’S Assurance Of Learning Jan 2024

On The External Validation Of An Undergraduate Finance Program’S Assurance Of Learning

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This study examines the assurance of learning in a finance program by analyzing the factors influencing students’ CFA Level 1 exam (CFA-L1) scores. Results show that (1) performance in CFA-L1 is explained by factors similar to those identified in studies on normalized standard examinations; (2) knowledge retention from non-Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK)-aligned courses is almost non-existent. The author suggests that replacing core courses with CBOK-aligned courses is the most effective way to “close the loop.” The author notes that internal validation tools (e.g., course assessments) are not useful due to systemic grade inflation and the culture of favoring soft …

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Note-Taking It Back To The Old School: Note-Taking & Student Outcomes Jan 2024

Note-Taking It Back To The Old School: Note-Taking & Student Outcomes

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Recent research has suggested that students lack effective note-taking skills, but note-taking may improve student learning. In order to promote meaningful learning, a small investment in note-taking instruction may be a valuable use of scarce classroom time. We implement a randomized experiment to assess the effect of note-taking instruction on student note quality in the principles of microeconomics classroom. We compare note quality of students who received note-taking guidance to those who did not. We find that students who received guidance have significantly better quality notes than those who did not.

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Does Blended Learning Improve Student Grades? A Quasi-Experimental Study Jan 2024

Does Blended Learning Improve Student Grades? A Quasi-Experimental Study

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This study evaluates the impact of blended learning on student performance using a differences-in-differences method. In a controlled experiment with two classes, each having two sections, all sections initially used face-to-face teaching. After midterm 1, one section from each class transitioned to blended learning. The differences-in differences method analyzed students' performance on both midterms, with midterm 2 covering material taught through blended learning in the treatment group. Results indicate a non-significant increase in midterm 2 grades for the treatment group.

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A Shadow Federal Open Market Committee Exercise: A Semester-Long Approach To Teaching Monetary Macroeconomics In Real Time Jan 2024

A Shadow Federal Open Market Committee Exercise: A Semester-Long Approach To Teaching Monetary Macroeconomics In Real Time

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper describes a real-time, semester-long approach to helping upper-level undergraduates understand real-time decision-making by the Federal Open Market Committee. The exercise, which culminates in an end-of-semester “shadow” FOMC meeting that corresponds in time to an actual FOMC meeting (in May or December), is intended to illustrate (1) how the open-market committee incorporates real-time data as they unfold between meetings (2) how the real-life conduct and voting membership of the FOMC may differ from what is described in a typical textbook, and (3) that voting FOMC members are real people with different perspectives and backgrounds that inform their decisions.

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Enhancing Student Engagement: The Synergy Of Peer Assessment And Flipped Classroom Design Jan 2024

Enhancing Student Engagement: The Synergy Of Peer Assessment And Flipped Classroom Design

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Grounded in student-centered teaching practices, we investigate the synergy of peer assessments and flipped classroom design in an economics course specifically developed for incoming MBA students. This innovative approach was implemented for two consecutive terms. Survey results show that students have a positive view of this integrated approach. It enhances their engagement and improves their knowledge and skills by providing constructive feedback. Additionally, this combination helps students improve their assessment skills.

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The Effect Of Risk-Free Rate And Expected Market Return On Corporate Over- And Under-Investment Jan 2024

The Effect Of Risk-Free Rate And Expected Market Return On Corporate Over- And Under-Investment

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

We examine how the risk-free rate (RF) and market risk premium (MRP) affect capital budgeting. While theory recommends adjusting hurdle rates for project-specific risks, many CFOs apply a single discount rate. Using graphical analysis, we show how market shifts impact investment. A decrease in RF combined with an increase in MRP – reflecting greater risk aversion – exacerbates underinvestment for firms with beta < 1 and overinvestment for those with for beta > 1 when the original WACC is applied. If only MRP increases, overinvestment intensifies. This study highlights the interplay between market variables, especially relevant for finance students and future CFOs.

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Automated Feedback For Formative Excel Assignments Jan 2024

Automated Feedback For Formative Excel Assignments

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

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Amortization Tables With Loan Prepayments Jan 2024

Amortization Tables With Loan Prepayments

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper presents an Excel-based learning exercise to build amortization tables with mortgage prepayments. Periodic and one-time prepayments are considered. Students analyze how the application of prepayments changes the cost and term of a mortgage. Essential financial literacy and spreadsheet skills that are highly valued by households and employers are demonstrated in this exercise.

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Using Rap Music To Teach Economic Concepts Jan 2024

Using Rap Music To Teach Economic Concepts

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Music is an accessible vehicle by which to convey economic concepts to students. In this article, a framework is presented by which to introduce three broad economic concepts using examples from rap music, currently the most-listened-to genre of music.

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The Value Of The 1-Hour Credit Course: Evidence From An Interdisciplinary Course On Financial Literacy Jan 2024

The Value Of The 1-Hour Credit Course: Evidence From An Interdisciplinary Course On Financial Literacy

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential benefits of one-hour courses by examining the design and learning outcomes of an interdisciplinary course, Financial Literacy for Entrepreneurs. The course served 52 students from a variety of majors. Qualitative evidence suggests that students found the course enjoyable and useful. In addition, quantitative evidence from course pre-tests and post-tests suggests significant gains in student learning. Our findings indicate that one-hour courses represent a valuable alternative to traditional course design.

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Starting With Substance: An Economics Icebreaker For The First Day Of Class Jan 2024

Starting With Substance: An Economics Icebreaker For The First Day Of Class

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper presents an economics-focused icebreaker activity designed for the first day of class in microeconomics or macroeconomics courses. The activity engages students in a hands-on exercise illustrating key economic concepts such as incentives, equilibrium, and emergence. By lining up according to height without verbal communication, students experience how individual actions and simple rules can lead to an organized outcome, demonstrating the Austrian economics idea of spontaneous order in markets. This activity energizes the classroom and lays the foundation for a deeper exploration of economic principles.

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How Business Schools Can Address Gender Gap In The Finance Profession: A Mission-Driven Undergraduate Student-Managed Investment Program Jan 2024

How Business Schools Can Address Gender Gap In The Finance Profession: A Mission-Driven Undergraduate Student-Managed Investment Program

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper proposes a way to address gender gap in the finance profession through the Investment Challenge program. The survey results reveal that the perception toward pursuing a career in Finance among female high school students positively changes after completing the Investment Challenge. After participating in the Investment Challenge program, the survey respondents have expressed a significantly stronger belief that they can succeed professionally if they choose a career in Finance, and this result is more pronounced among female high school students. The proposed program offers a proactive solution to the gender gap challenge in finance at its roots.

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Teaching Recessions In Macroecconomics With A Severity Index Jan 2024

Teaching Recessions In Macroecconomics With A Severity Index

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

With concepts and data familiar to macroeconomics students, at both the principles and intermediate levels, this paper constructs a recession severity index and calculates this index for the twelve recessions experienced in the United States since the end of World War II. We reach two primary conclusions. First, and perhaps as anticipated, we find that the Great Recession was the most severe contraction since the Second World War. Second, we conclude that the least severe recession since World War II was that which occurred in 2001.

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Graphical Analysis Of Consumer Behavior In The Market For Health Care Jan 2024

Graphical Analysis Of Consumer Behavior In The Market For Health Care

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

The typical undergraduate textbook in health economics illustrates the production of health and then discusses the purchase of health care and its demand. This paper provides a unique four-quadrant graphical model linking the production of health to the consumption of health care. We show how an individual’s purchase of health care links to their optimal health status and consumption possibilities frontier between health status and all other goods. We then apply our model to a change in the price of health care, an illness such as COVID-19, and the purchase of health insurance.

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Learning About Data Sources Through The Dataset Presentation Jan 2024

Learning About Data Sources Through The Dataset Presentation

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Economics has become an increasingly data-driven, empirical discipline. Alongside this, the advantages of undergraduate research have become more appreciated. These trends merge with students employing empirical techniques in undergraduate research. An active literature has developed on how to implement this. This paper addresses a potential hold-up for undergraduates that has received little attention: how to acquaint students with major data sources. To accomplish this, we provide an assignment (prompt, list of data sources by difficulty, and grading rubric) in the form of a short, data-driven presentation designed to have students learn, acquire, and work with a publicly available dataset.

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Designing, Implementing, And Assessing A Financial Education Program At A Minority Serving University In The U.S. Jan 2024

Designing, Implementing, And Assessing A Financial Education Program At A Minority Serving University In The U.S.

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This study assesses a tailored financial literacy program aimed at fostering financial inclusion and reducing the equity gap among minority populations in the U.S. at a large minority-serving university in an economically disadvantaged area. A needs assessment survey of 659 students informed the development of the program covering several personal finance topics. Using 404 completed surveys and a mixed methods approach, results indicated significant improvement in financial knowledge, confidence, and goal attainment with notable differences in perceptions between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants. The results highlight the need and importance of customized financial education for minority populations.

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Effects Of Intermediate Finance Course Timing On Performance Jan 2024

Effects Of Intermediate Finance Course Timing On Performance

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

We study the effect of course timing and sequencing on performance of students taking intermediate corporate finance at a certain university. Controlling for student attributes, grades in intermediate and post principles overall were better if students had completed 1) investments and 2) financial markets and institutions, while the delay between completion of principles and intermediate was associated with reduced performance. The former effect appears to dominate. The relations tend to be stronger for students who entered the university as transfer students and for other specific populations. The population-specific results support a role for advising tailored to specific student characteristics and …

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Ppf, Institutions, And Economic Growth Jan 2024

Ppf, Institutions, And Economic Growth

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper attempts to use Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) framework to explain how right (i.e., efficient) institutions help promote economic growth. Conceptually, economic growth can be illustrated in graph by outward shift of the PPF over time. And the right institutions warrant that an economy would normally operates on, or at least close to, the PFF, and in the long run it would gradually push the PPF outward through accumulation of physical and human capital and adoption of more advanced technology.

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A Survey Of Strongyle Nematodes In New England Dairy Goats, D.J. Richardson, E.M. Wray, D. Watters, U. Hanif, E. Jalbert, E. Thompson, G. Trajkovic, A.R. Sirois, N. Pilotte Jan 2024

A Survey Of Strongyle Nematodes In New England Dairy Goats, D.J. Richardson, E.M. Wray, D. Watters, U. Hanif, E. Jalbert, E. Thompson, G. Trajkovic, A.R. Sirois, N. Pilotte

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The paucity of information concerning the occurrence of strongyle nematodes in New England dairy goats prompted a survey of 241 dairy goats from throughout New England. Of the 241 goats examined using the McMaster technique, 104 (42.7%) were infected with strongyles with a mean intensity (+ SE) of 369.7 + 45.8 eggs per gram. Subsequent molecular examination of 50 random samples from these goats revealed a prevalence of 88% infection specifically with Haemonchus contortus. Haemonchus contortus is the most important internal parasite of sheep and goats, exerting a crushing economic burden on the livestock industry worldwide due to lowered milk …

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Circular Economy: The 4rs Reduce-Reuse-Recycle-Recover, Kevin Hom Jan 2024

Circular Economy: The 4rs Reduce-Reuse-Recycle-Recover, Kevin Hom

Publications and Research

This article summarizes the lecture presented at the Net Built 2024 conference. The lecture addresses the unsustainability of the current linear economy, characterized by the "take, make, dispose" model, in light of environmental challenges. The inefficiencies of this system lead to increased energy consumption, elevated CO2 emissions, and the exacerbation of climate change. It examines the current state of design and construction with respect to climate change and sustainable resource management. Additionally, the lecture introduces a methodology that integrates technologies and design philosophies capable of driving significant positive change. By advocating for a transformative approach to the expected lifetime of …

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Bat Versus Ant: The First Report Of Evening Bat/Ant Interaction In Arkansas, J.D. Wilhide, D.B. Sasse, R.P. Kelso Jan 2024

Bat Versus Ant: The First Report Of Evening Bat/Ant Interaction In Arkansas, J.D. Wilhide, D.B. Sasse, R.P. Kelso

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

This paper documents the first reported occurrence of bat/ant agonistic interaction in Arkansas and the second report involving Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis). An adult male Evening Bat was captured during a presence / absence mist net survey along Highway 412 in Black Rock, Lawrence County, Arkansas on 4 June 2023. The bat weighed 12.0 g and had a forearm length of 36.94 mm which is in the midrange for evening bats in Arkansas (Sealander and Heidt 1990). The evening bat had two ant head capsules attached to its right cheek and at the tip of the lower lip (Fig. 1).

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Crj 63 - An Introuction To The Criminal Justice System, Grace Trotman Jan 2024

Crj 63 - An Introuction To The Criminal Justice System, Grace Trotman

Open Educational Resources

This course provides a study of the elements that comprise the criminal justice system: the police, courts, and corrections. Attention is given to civil liberties issues, which involve the procedural due process rights of criminally accused persons. Students undertake an intellectual journey through the criminal justice system to fortify their knowledge of the law and protections guaranteed under the Bill of Rights as they apply to the agencies that comprise the criminal justice system.

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Improvements In Depressive Symptoms Following A Brief Relationship Intervention, Erica A. Mitchell, Patricia N.E. Roberson, Michaela Dipillo, James V. Cordova, Kristina Coop Gordon Jan 2024

Improvements In Depressive Symptoms Following A Brief Relationship Intervention, Erica A. Mitchell, Patricia N.E. Roberson, Michaela Dipillo, James V. Cordova, Kristina Coop Gordon

Psychology

In the United States, 21 million adults are diagnosed with depression. Couple therapy effectively treats depression, however, couples encounter access barriers. The Relationship Checkup is an assessment and feedback intervention delivered in participants' homes. The current study examines changes in relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms, and moderators and mechanisms of change in a community sample (N = 85 couples). Changes in depressive symptoms and satisfaction, and the association between changes in satisfaction and depressive symptoms were examined with multilevel modeling. Depressive symptoms (Cohen's d = 0.36) and satisfaction (d = 1.43) improved from baseline to 1-month follow-up, with greater declines …

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Adult Learners Self-Derive New Knowledge Through Integration Of Novel Information And Prior Knowledge And Are More Successful With Reactivation, Jayantika Chakraborty, Alena G. Esposito Jan 2024

Adult Learners Self-Derive New Knowledge Through Integration Of Novel Information And Prior Knowledge And Are More Successful With Reactivation, Jayantika Chakraborty, Alena G. Esposito

Psychology

Self-derivation through integration is the process of integrating novel facts and producing new knowledge never directly taught. Knowledge integration has been studied with the presentation of two novel facts. However, in educational settings, individuals are required to integrate new information with prior knowledge learned days, months, or years earlier. Prior knowledge robustly predicts learning outcomes, but less is known about self-derivation through the integration of new information with prior knowledge. Thus, in Study 1, we examined adults' (n = 25) memory integration of new facts with prior knowledge. The participants had 52% accuracy in self-derivation. In Study 2 (n = …

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Qualitative Family Research: Innovative, Flexible, Theoretical, Reflexive, Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen Jan 2024

Qualitative Family Research: Innovative, Flexible, Theoretical, Reflexive, Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen

Psychology

Qualitative research is increasingly part of the methodological repertoire of scholars who study families. In this article, we examine contemporary trends, tensions, and possibilities for the interdisciplinary enterprise of qualitative research on and about families. We situate our collaborative approach as critical family scholars who pursue social justice work. We then examine four trends that have recently emerged or evolved in qualitative family research. First, we address methodological innovations associated with the pervasive emergence of online technologies and their possibilities for enhanced sample selection, data collection, and data analysis. Second, we address the potential for qualitative methodological orthodoxy to become …

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Conducting Research Within The Acronym: Problematizing Lgbtiq+ Research In Psychology, Amanda Klysing, Marta Prandelli, Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza, Daniel Alonso, Madison Gray, Jessica Glazier, Sarah Swanson, Yu-Chi Wang Jan 2024

Conducting Research Within The Acronym: Problematizing Lgbtiq+ Research In Psychology, Amanda Klysing, Marta Prandelli, Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza, Daniel Alonso, Madison Gray, Jessica Glazier, Sarah Swanson, Yu-Chi Wang

Psychology

LGBTIQ+ research acknowledges shared experiences of groups marginalized due to gender identities, sexualities, and sex characteristics. This universalist coalition approach has resulted in much affirmational research and progressive policy development. However, it risks homogenizing the unique experiences and needs of specific groups; a risk lessened by a particularist subgroup approach. In this theoretical paper, we reflect on the challenges of a coalition or subgroup approach by considering interdependencies and boundaries between sex, gender, and sexuality-based identities. Through tracing the historical development of LGBTIQ+ research and activism and using examples from intersex studies, intersectionality, and political actions, we explore tensions between …

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