Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos | Harvard Magazine Jan-Feb 2013
Tag: research
Trayvon: Having a Black Friend Doesn’t Change Racial Bias | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
Trayvon: Having a Black Friend Doesn’t Change Racial Bias | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
Ouuuuuch. “Friendship with black people and even being a black person does nothing to change racial bias. Indeed, almost one-third of black people hold similarly negative views.”
Ti Point Tork Blog Archive Libraries: Where It All Went Wrong
Design Solutions for New Log In Problems | Bagcheck
Design Solutions for New Log In Problems | Bagcheck
“Just how bad was it? User Interface Engineering’s analysis of a major online retailer found that 45% of all customers had multiple registrations in the system, 160,000 people requested passwords per day, and 75% of these people never completed the purchase they started once they requested their password. Ouch.”
Guesses vs. Data as Basis for Design Recommendations (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Which Came First? (Part Three): Can George, Lionel and Marmaduke Help Us Order the Fenton Photographs? – Errol Morris – Zoom – New York Times Blog
“I began to have an uneasy feeling about my data. Hovering close by was my arch nemesis, self-deception.”