Intersecting Processes

complexity & change in environment, biomedicine & society

January 3, 2011
by peter.taylor
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Patterns among relatives: A classroom activity II

OK readers.  Keep in mind your answers to the questions raised in the previous post about patterns in data that link parents and offspring.  In this post I describe what usually emerges when I ask these questions in my classes … Continue reading

January 2, 2011
by peter.taylor
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Patterns among relatives: A classroom activity to unpack the simple picture of science as empirical observation and rational interpretation

I want to ask you, the reader, to be a scientist and try to make sense of data that link parents and offspring.  Consider one plot (of your own choosing) from figures 1-4 depicting heights of 63 undergraduate college students … Continue reading

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