https://cis.temple.edu/~latecki/Courses/CIS2033-Spring13/Modern_intro_probability_statistics_Dekking05.pdf
A modern introduction to probability and statistics. — (Springer texts in statistics) 1. Probabilities 2. Mathematical statistics I. Dekking, F. M.
https://education.temple.edu/sites/education/files/uploads/fieldplacement/ECE3187PracticumHandbook_RevSpring2016.pdf
We regard teaching as an intellectual and a moral endeavor and as the primary mechanism in our society for achieving social justice. Therefore, we provide our pre-service teachers with theory and practice to enable them to work toward educational equity and to promote the fundamental values of democracy. The sequence of field experiences that we provide is a critical component of teacher ...
https://education.temple.edu/sites/education/files/documents/01CAPS.pdf
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) does not discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices, based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, ancestry, union membership, or any other legally protected category. Announcement of this policy is in accordance with State law including the Pennsylvania Human ...
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8 Liberal Friends relate to and differ from Evangelical and Conservative Friends in their ways of worship and their theology. Liberal Friends and Conservative Friends practice silent “unprogrammed” worship, but have different views on soteriology and the authority of the Bible. In counter-distinction to Conservative Friends, liberal Friends tend to perceive greater authority in truth ...
https://law.temple.edu/wp-content/uploads/Cognitive-Bias-and-Its-Impact-on-Expert-Witnesses-and-the-Court.pdf
Expert evidence provides a much needed contribution to the courts in administering justice. Understanding the way humans think and how the brain processes information offers insights to circumstances in which even expert evidence may be influenced by contextual information and cognitive bias. Cognitive science can identify such potential weaknesses and suggest practical ways to mitigate them.
https://sites.temple.edu/bjsewall/files/2021/08/Freestone-et-al-2021-Ecology-Stronger-predation-intensity-impact-on-prey-communities-in-the-tropics.pdf
One challenge to large-scale comparative studies is standardizing key variables, such as habitat type, among biogeographically distinct regions. Thus, we used uni-form prey habitats to reduce confounding variability that could result from differences in substrate type, depth, area, and complexity, or community age or his-tory.
https://law.temple.edu/aer/2024/06/02/is-the-opinion-lay-or-expert-the-superior-court-has-an-opinion-maybe-a-wrong-one/
Although a lay witness must rely on a generalization resting exclusively or primarily on his or her personal knowledge, an expert witness is likely to draw on a wide range of sources, including much hearsay–lectures by his [or her] teachers, statements in textbooks, reports of experiments and experiences of others in the same field.
https://www3.fox.temple.edu/discover/2022/05/04/the-right-to-resist-sanctuary-cities-states-rights/
The following article is about Professor Kevin Fandl and his research. Last year, Professor Fandl passed away from health complications. For eight years, he was a fixture within the Fox School and the Department of Legal Studies, offering his insight and considerable knowledge to anyone who showed up at his door. Learn more about his […]
https://law.temple.edu/aer/2024/09/07/emotional-decision-making-hardwired-and-helpful/
Though his language and intelligence were fully intact, at work he became distractible and couldn’t manage his schedule. Faced with an organizational task, he’d deliberate for an entire afternoon about how to approach the problem. Should he organize the papers he was working on by date? The size of the document? Relevance to the case?
https://exhibits.temple.edu/s/civil-rights-in-a-northern-cit/page/the-columbia-avenue-riots--196
Conditions in "The Jungle" As looters overtook Columbia Avenue in August 1964, Philadelphia NAACP President Cecil B. Moore and other civil rights leaders appealed to the crowd to disperse, but were rebuffed. To Moore’s pleas for order, one woman memorably responded “this is the only time in my life I’ve got a chance to get these things,” exemplifying the conventional interpretation ...