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Using an Evaluation Grid to Holistically Assess Library Databases
Get PDFWhen evaluating subscription-based databases, academic librarians primarily rely on cost-per-use statistics to guide their decision-making. Although this metric is useful, it does not provide a complete picture of a resource’s value to the institution. To adopt a more holistic approach, the University of Mary Washington implemented an evaluation grid, which was used to assess 61 products the library subscribed to during the 2019–2020 academic year. In addition to product cancelations, results were used to identify areas for improvement. Using an evaluation grid enabled UMW Libraries to make high-quality renewal and cancelation decisions in an objective and transparent manner and effectively communicate these decisions to various stakeholders. Libraries wishing to holistically assess their databases can adapt the evaluation grid to meet their local needs
A Critique of Audi\u27s Ethical Intuitionism
Get PDFRobert Audi’s 2005 book The Good in the Right is a formidable representative of the recently resurgent theory ethical intuitionism (EI). Its renown is not unearned; Audi has developed a novel version of EI that preserves some of the most appealing features of Rossian EI while making a few key changes that help it to stand up better to some criticisms. This paper will explore Audi’s position and articulate a variety of objections to it that, taken together, prevent it from being a serious contender on the metaethical stage. The first section will discuss some of the difficulties with Audi’s attempt to establish a plausible and coherent account of the kind of self-evidence necessary to support EI. The next section will express two objections to Audi’s views concerning the role that reflection (as opposed to inference) plays in coming to justified conclusions. The last section will argue that Audi’s attempt to lend additional support to Rossian principles on the basis of a semi-utilitarian theory of value unambiguously fails
Exploring the Impact of Social Influence Mechanisms and Network Density on Societal Polarization
Get PDFI present an agent-based model, inspired by the opinion dynamics(OD) literature, to explore the underlying behaviors that may inducesocietal polarization. My agents interact on a social network, in whichadjacent nodes can influence each other, and each agent holds an arrayof continuous opinion values (on a 0-1 scale) on a number of separateissues. I use three measures as a proxy for the virtual society’s “po-larization:” the average assortativity of the graph with respect to theagents’ opinions, the number of non-uniform issues, and the numberof distinct opinion buckets in which agents have the same opinionsafter the model reaches an equilibrium.I look at multiple model parameters that affect polarization. Thefirst is the density of edges in the network: this corresponds to theaverage number of meaningful social connections that agents in a so-ciety have. First, I find that lower edge density results in higher levelsof assortativity for Erd ̈os-R ́enyi graphs. The second is the level of“openness” and “disgust” of agents to differing opinions; i.e., howclose or distant a neighboring node’s opinion on an issue must be toan agent’s own before the agent will adjust its opinion on a different is-sue. I refer to this novel mechanism as cross-issue influence. Throughthis mechanism, I find that when agents in the model are less opento new opinions, there will be less consensus on any given issue forall agents in the model. Additionally, I find that there will be fewerdistinct opinion buckets and therefore higher polarization in modelswhere agents follow a cross-issue influence mechanism compared tosame-issue influence
The Association Between Virtual Interactions and Well-Being
Get PDFA Research Methods Project supervised by Dr. Laura Wilson (Spring 2021)
Parenting Style\u27s Influence on Sleep Quality and Sleep Hygiene as an Adult
Get PDFA Research Methods Project supervised by Dr. Hilary Stebbins (Spring 2021)
Social Biases in Theater
Get PDFAn infographic created as part of Dr. Erchull’s Social Psychology course (Fall 2021).
Students were asked to “give psychology away” through an infographic designed to educate an audience of their choice about an idea from social psychology that the group would benefit from understanding. TOPIC: attributions. AUDIENCE: stage performers
Effect of Blue Light Emissions on Sleep Quality in College Students
Get PDFA Research Methods Project supervised by Dr. Laura Wilson (Fall 2021)
Depersonalization Derealization Disorder
No full textA video talk for Abnormal Psychology with Dr. Liss (Fall 2021)
America\u27s Alliances
No full textGeorge Washington famously warned against the dangers of alliances in his Farewell Address. But Jason Davidson says despite Washington’s misgivings, America has relied on foreign alliances throughout its history
The Chicago Cub Shot for Love: A Showgirl\u27s Crime of Passion and the 1932 World Series
No full textIn the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously beautiful showgirl took it poorly, marching into his hotel room with a revolver in her purse. Both were wounded in the ensuing struggle, but Jurges refused to press charges. Even without their star shortstop, Chicago made it to the World Series, only to be on the wrong end of Babe Ruth\u27s legendary Called Shot. Using hundreds of original sources, Jack Bales profiles the lives of the ill-fated couple and traces the ripple effects of the shooting on the Cubs\u27 tumultuous season.https://scholar.umw.edu/administrative_books/1002/thumbnail.jp