First semester final exam and other neat stuff to read

A timely article about polling: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/02/projection.explainer/index.html?iref=newssearch

Article on the effect of improved organizational skills on boys' achievement in school:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/01/america/01boys.php

Have you seen the Norwegian engineering recruitment videos yet? Scroll down and let me know what you think.

For info on influential points and outliers, google statistics influential points. Some students posted pretty good (but terribly distracting) powerpoints.

The SAT results for Georgia broken down in all kinds of interesting ways:
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2007/GA_07.pdf
These data prompt discussion about causation, such as whether choosing a technical major makes your math score higher. What do you think?

On the lack of publicity for Nobel Prize Winners:
http://pharmtech.findpharma.com/pharmtech/From+the+Editor/What-Good-is-Winning-a-Prize-if-No-One-Cares/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/469658

So you want to be a casino mogul? How about starting with one of these jobs?
http://www.state.nj.us/oag/ge/2000news/slotlab.htm

Shortages of engineers (Click on the READ online button, then click on the lower right corner of the pages to advance through the newsletter)
http://thefloridaengineer.eng.ufl.edu/themagazine/fe0801/index.php


Two videos from Norway:

There's one bad word in this one written in the subtitles. Please excuse this word--the rest of the video promotes engineering for young people. (And you know how those crazy Norwegians are.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXZZknJWtGg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFoMmJAAHjg&feature=related

Water use statistics for Cobb: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2007/12/19/cobb_water_1220.html

Interesting webpage about one of our community members and how his company provides service in disaster relief:
http://cateringcajun.net/_wsn/page7.html


Chance, conditional probability, and MARS!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/21/mars.asteroid.ap/index.html