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    Charles A. Perry Civil War letter

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    This collection contains a draft of the letter written by Capt. Charles A. Perry at Little Rock, Ark., resigning from Company L of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry

    Oral History Interview with John Perry, April 16, 2004

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    The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Perry. Perry joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. He completed armament school, and aerial gunner training. He served as a waist gunner aboard a B-17 with the 96th Bomb Group, 338th Bomb Squadron. They deployed to England, and Perry was shot down in March of 1944 during his fourth mission over Brunswick, Germany. He was contained as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft 4 and 6, and liberated in April of 1945. Perry returned to the US and was discharged in late 1945

    Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: A Reexamination of the Evidence From the HighScope Perry Preschool Program

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    Social experiments are powerful sources of information about the effectiveness of interventions. In practice, initial randomization plans are almost always compromised. Multiple hypotheses are frequently tested. "Significant" effects are often reported with p-values that do not account for preliminary screening from a large candidate pool of possible effects. This paper develops tools for analyzing data from experiments as they are actually implemented. We apply these tools to analyze the influential HighScope Perry Preschool Program. The Perry program was a social experiment that provided preschool education and home visits to disadvantaged children during their preschool years. It was evaluated by the method of random assignment. Both treatments and controls have been followed from age 3 through age 40. Previous analyses of the Perry data assume that the planned randomization protocol was implemented. In fact, as in many social experiments, the intended randomization protocol was compromised. Accounting for compromised randomization, multiple-hypothesis testing, and small sample sizes, we find statistically significant and economically important program effects for both males and females. We also examine the representativeness of the Perry study.

    Bookplate for Nancye Kent Perry [picture]

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    Title fom acquisitions documentation.; Nancye Kent Perry's own bookplate designed by her and executed by a commercial artist.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3988257; Donated by Nancye Kent Perry, 2007

    Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: A Reexamination of the Evidence From the HighScope Perry Preschool Program

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    Social experiments are powerful sources of information about the effectiveness of interventions. In practice, initial randomization plans are almost always compromised. Multiple hypotheses are frequently tested. "Signicant" effects are often reported with p-values that do not account for preliminary screening from a large candidate pool of possible effects. This paper develops tools for analyzing data from experiments as they are actually implemented. We apply these tools to analyze the influential HighScope Perry Preschool Program. The Perry program was a social experiment that provided preschool education and home visits to disadvantaged children during their preschool years. It was evaluated by the method of random assignment. Both treatments and controls have been followed from age 3 through age 40. Previous analyses of the Perry data assume that the planned randomization protocol was implemented. In fact, as in many social experiments, the intended randomization protocol was compromised. Accounting for compromised randomization, multiple-hypothesis testing, and small sample sizes, we find statistically significant and economically important program effects for both males and females. We also examine the representativeness of the Perry study.early childhood intervention; compromised randomization; social experiment; multiple-hypothesis testing

    Rev. Perry C. Bramlett Collection

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    Finding aid of the Rev. Perry C. Bramlett manuscript collectionA graduate of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky; a noted author; and a dedicated and respected scholar, Rev. Perry C. Bramlett�s life work was taking C. S. Lewis to the local church. His widow, Joan Fine Bramlett of Fairhope, Alabama, selected Mercer University to house this collection to honor Bramlett�s work, to share the significance of Bramlett�s life, and to mark his contributions to the scholarship of C. S. Lewis and his friends and their influences

    Austin Papers: Series II, Part II, 1818-1847

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    Copy of transcript for a letter from Jane Perry to James F. Perry concerning James becoming the guardian for her daughter

    Jere Nash Interview with Ed Perry

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    Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with former state legislator Ed Perry in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Perry\u27s background and his first campaign for the state House; Buddie Newman; 1987 rules change in House; Perry as chair of the Appropriations Committee; Perry\u27s race against Tim Ford for Speaker; Perry as chair of Judiciary A Committee; Perry as Clerk of the House; Kirk Fordice; education legislation; separation of powers bill in 1984; 1987 highway bill; gambling legislation; reapportionment; Perry chair of Constitution Committee; banks paying interest; bond bill; tort reform; and the increase of partisanship in the House

    Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: A Reexamination of the Evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program

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    Social experiments are powerful sources of information about the effectiveness of interventions. In practice, initial randomization plans are almost always compromised. Multiple hypotheses are frequently tested. "Significant" effects are often reported with p-values that do not account for preliminary screening from a large candidate pool of possible effects. This paper develops tools for analyzing data from experiments as they are actually implemented. We apply these tools to analyze the influential HighScope Perry Preschool Program. The Perry program was a social experiment that provided preschool education and home visits to disadvantaged children during their preschool years. It was evaluated by the method of random assignment. Both treatments and controls have been followed from age 3 through age 40. Previous analyses of the Perry data assume that the planned randomization protocol was implemented. In fact, as in many social experiments, the intended randomization protocol was compromised. Accounting for compromised randomization, multiple-hypothesis testing, and small sample sizes, we find statistically significant and economically important program effects for both males and females. We also examine the representativeness of the Perry study.social experiment, compromised randomization, early childhood intervention, multiple-hypothesis testing
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