Beer after work at the bar: a U.S. tradition is getting stale. (Reuters, 11/10/2012)
Naturally, the reporter goes to Wisconsin for his research.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Drink Responsibly....or Drink at Home
Beer after work at the bar: a U.S. tradition is getting stale. (Reuters, 11/10/2012)
Naturally, the reporter goes to Wisconsin for his research.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Yes, Frank, a metholodogy that puts Gallup solidly in last place for accuracy
Gallup Editor Defends Polls. (National Journal, 10,/21/2012)
Excerpt: Under fire that his organization’s poll leans disproportionately Republican, Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport told Fox News Sunday that his group’s polling methodology is “extremely solid.”
Gallup CEO: Political polling 'getting harder and harder'. (Naples News, 11/9/2012)
Survey Says: Sources Students Use in Typical Research Assignment
How Teen Do Research in the Digital World. (Pew Internet and American Life Project, 11/1/2012)
Search for information via BadgerLink? Not likely to do so
Ask for help at the reference desk? Slightly less inclined to do so.
Use a print reference collection? Might as well clear the shelves, as Middleton did a few years ago. (After weeding, they moved a much smaller collection to a less prominent location, on the same range of shelving with back issues of magazines.)
The question I have: Do students still wait to do their research until the day before the assignment is due?
Search for information via BadgerLink? Not likely to do so
Ask for help at the reference desk? Slightly less inclined to do so.
Use a print reference collection? Might as well clear the shelves, as Middleton did a few years ago. (After weeding, they moved a much smaller collection to a less prominent location, on the same range of shelving with back issues of magazines.)
The question I have: Do students still wait to do their research until the day before the assignment is due?
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