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National Journal of Young Investigators (JYI)
No full textOver the past year, more than 50 undergraduates from around the US have collaborated to establish the National Journal of Young Investigators (JYI), "a faculty and student reviewed, peer edited and published, national journal" of science and engineering. Designed to showcase undergraduate research and serve as a hub for up-and-coming scientists, JYI's staff is composed entirely of undergraduate students from academic institutions across the US. The journal's scientific articles are organized in three subject areas: Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and Basic Engineering Sciences. The full text of current articles may be viewed online, and interested contributors will find instructions for article submissions on-site
Triage Decision-Making by Welfare Fraud Investigators
No full textTwo studies explored triage decision-making in a welfare fraud investigation, specifically decisions concerning what evidence to collect when deciding whether to pursue a case to prosecution or just to issue a warning. An observational study revealed that triage decisions appear to be determined by subjective estimates of the ease of evidence collection, and that these estimates are influenced by complexity of mapping evidence onto fraud types. This hypothesis was explored in an experimental study of investigators, managers, and students choosing evidence to inform triage decisions for cases that varied according relevance and complexity. Students’ selections were unaffected by the nature of the case. In contrast, with a simple fraud case, investigators and managers tended to select evidence to support a prosecution decision, but with a complex fraud case they selected evidence that supported comparison of prosecution and warning decisions. The results demonstrate flexible expertise in choosing what evidence to sample
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