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Third, this is social science, and reasonable people can disagree about the most appropriate way to analyze the data (in this case, how to classify different rivers).

Author: By Brigitte C. Madrian, | Title: Hoxby Misrepresented In Article on Academic Debate | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

The O'Shaughnessy Dam was stirring controversy even before 1913, when the U.S. Congress, against the impassioned pleas of conservationist John Muir and his Sierra Club, voted through a bill allowing its construction. But though the debate is not new, the context has changed dramatically. On one hand, free-running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Worth a Dam? | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

In making her case, Hoxby used the number of rivers and streams in a metropolitan area as a predictor of the number of districts in that area. She then employed a technique called instrumental variable regression to isolate the effect of school district size on test scores.

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Star Ec Prof Caught in Academic Feud | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

Perhaps because there are three of them, the dogs are not the biggest stars on the set. "The fox is completely breathtaking," says Sturridge. "In your soul you know that a dog can be trained, and you think, Well, no, not a fox. So when you see a fox run...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Old Dog, New Tricks | 7/3/2005 | See Source »

While few Iraqi residents would probably say their living conditions have improved over the past year, they do have a new object of ire: Iraqis now blame their woes as much on the government elected in January as on the Americans. That's encouraging news, a sign that Iraqis realize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From Baghdad: Oil But No Gasoline, Rivers But No Water | 7/3/2005 | See Source »

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