This study has four purposes: to provide a comparison of discrimination methods; to explore
the problems presented by techniques based strongly on Bayes' theorem when they are …

The new version has two additions. First, at the suggestion of Stephen Stigler I we have
replaced the Table of Contents by what he calls an Analytic Table of Contents. Following the title …

1. Introduction. The study of approximations to distributions formed a major part of statistical
developments during the early part of this century and included important work by Charlier, …

There is evidence that today’s college and university students are struggling with emotional
and behavioral health problems at higher rates than in past generations. This article …

This study investigates the impact of task definition on students’ revising strategies. Our primary
aim was to determine if freshman students could revise globally if instructed to do so and …

Useful and interpretable methods for exploring and comparing the results of clustering
algorithms are few, and developing inferential methods has proved difficult. Fowlkes and …

This review examines and critiques recent research on masculinity ideology and masculine
role conflict. First, definitions, models, and instrumentation are addressed, and then research …

In re-creating the venerable genre of the boys' school story, the Harry Potter series infuses
twenty-first-century concerns with gender and sexuality into a literary tradition dominated by …

This study was conducted to investigate the long‐term physical health implications of sexual
assault in the rape victim. Fifty‐one sexual assault victims, each with 2 or more years of time …

Two experiments examined the relation between revision and task definition among college
students in writing courses. In Experiment 1, students prompted to make global revisions to …