14 research outputs found
Stanley_covid_b3G4 - Freeman - Computational Reproduction - 2z3g
No full textReproduction of a research claim from Stanley et al. (2020), from PsyArXiv.
The purpose of this reproduction attempt is to assess whether we can reproduce the analytic result as it was reported in the original paper by using the original data. The original data will be analyzed by following the same analytic approach described in the original paper (as close to the same analytic approach as possible based on the level of detail available in the original paper, as well as any supplementary materials or additional information provided by the original author).
All SCORE projects target a single inferential statistical test that supports a statement from the abstract of the original paper
Preregistration - Rothgerber_covid_BNrd - Freeman - Computational Reproduction - 378
No full textReproduction of a research claim from Rothgerber et al. (2020), from PsyArXiv
The purpose of this reproduction attempt is to assess whether we can reproduce the analytic result as it was reported in the original paper by using the original data. The original data will be analyzed by following the same analytic approach described in the original paper (as close to the same analytic approach as possible based on the level of detail available in the original paper, as well as any supplementary materials or additional information provided by the original author).
All SCORE projects target a single inferential statistical test that supports a statement from the abstract of the original paper. The research claim and focal analysis for this paper are provided below.
Research claim: We selected Hypothesis 1: More conservative participants would be less likely to follow social distancing guidelines. This reflects the following statement from the paper’s abstract: “Specifically, political conservatism inversely predicted compliance with behaviors aimed at preventing the spread of the COVID-19.” To model the causal pathway from conservatism to reported social distancing, multiple regression analyses provided model parameter estimates. Regression revealed a significant total effect of conservatism on social distancing (B = -.20, p < .001), supporting Hypothesis 1 that compliance with social distancing guidelines is inversely related to conservatism.
Focal inferential test: Regression revealed a significant total effect of conservatism on social distancing (B = -.20, p < .001), supporting Hypothesis 1 that compliance with social distancing guidelines is inversely related to conservatism
"Racial Wealth Disparities Is the Gap Closing?"
No full textDespite decades of policies aimed at improving the economic position of African Americans in terms of relative income and earnings, they remain substantially behind whites, and research presented in this brief indicates that the wealth gap is even more staggering. Following families over time in order to understand racial differences in the sources and patterns of wealth accumulation, the author finds that African Americans would have gained significant ground relative to whites in the past 30 years if they had inherited similar amounts, comparable levels of family income, and more similar portfolio compositions. Therefore, even if the income gap between whites and African Americans were immediately eliminated, it may take another two generations for the wealth gap to close. However, certain policies could help speed up the process.
The ascending prayer to Christ: theodore Stoudite's defence of the Christ-єikwv against ninth century iconoclasm
No full textTheodore Stoudite (759-826) was at the centre of a revival of patristic learning which equipped him to apply the weight of the Christian tradition to the Byzantine image controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. In this recovery of the tradition Theodore discovered how the epistemological and ontological demands of both radical divine transcendence and divine active agency in the creative order are met in the incarnate Christ. He concluded that the liturgical expression of this developed theology requires the presence of the Christ- єikwv. The structure of this thesis reflects the single argument of the three-part ‘Avtρρητικοι κατα єικουομάxwv(c. 816). Antirr I and II describe the content of the 754 and 787 Councils, revealing the causes of the theological impasse which prevented the resolution of the controversy. In Antirr I and II Theodore also establishes the ground for his argument in Antirr III by distancing the eighth century Christ- єikwv from its function in former centuries as symbol, pure narrative painting and relic. Theodore defines its contemporary function as liturgical, devotional and doctrinal in character. Written in response to the 815 Council, Antirr III is Theodore's apology for this Christ- єikwv as a legitimate object of лροσκύvησs-. The argument is established within the parameters of the tradition as Theodore carefully defends the circumscribability of Christ in accordance with Chalcedonian Christology. My analysis of the Antirr, assisted by a reading of his letters, reveals that Theodore understands the Christ- єikwv as playing a key role both in the ascetic struggle to free the mind from λογισμοι (distracting thoughts), and in the practice of θєwρια(contemplation) within the Liturgy. The liturgical, doctrinal and devotional Christ- єikwv has become a revealed and formal means by which the worshipper receives a Dionysian άυαγwγη(spiritual uplifting) to the divine presence
Black diamonds : coal, the Royal Navy, and British imperial coaling stations, circa 1870−1914
No full textThis thesis examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource – coal – and its distribution around the world. In doing so, it shows that the ‘coal question’, almost totally ignored in previous histories, was central to questions of imperial and trade defence, required the creation of infrastructures that spanned the globe, and connected British sailors with a plethora of different imperial, maritime, and foreign peoples.
Although a limited number of studies have highlighted the importance of coal to imperial defence, this thesis considers the wider context of the period 1870−1914 in order to understand the significant place of coal in these discussions. In doing so, it shows coal’s place within wider changes to political ideologies, imperial defence schemes, popular imperialism and navalism, knowledge collection, and the growth of the state apparatus.
A robust coaling infrastructure was required to ensure quality naval coal was available globally on a huge geographical scale. This involved a large number of bodies, but this has never been examined by scholars for this period. Although naval coaling relied heavily on the coal export industry, the Admiralty had a key role in ensuring that the infrastructure, particularly after 1880, could cope with increases in ship size and number and competition from its rivals. The thesis also shows how these processes worked on the ground, from testing and purchasing coal to the methods and labour used to load in on warships.
The thesis also shows that the necessity of coaling in foreign stations fostered new interactions between naval personnel and the wider world. Although naval visits to these places are prime examples of British encounters beyond its own shores at the zenith of empire, these are largely absent from existing studies. Thus, it explores how the interactions with local populations, other maritime visitors, and the stations themselves shaped the experience of sailors abroad, and created a maritime community spanning large oceanic spaces
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