tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post117103504564882438..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: AALS Policy on Researching the FAR DatabaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-37076934967080521762010-02-17T06:30:47.420-08:002010-02-17T06:30:47.420-08:00I see you are interested in statistical research. ...I see you are interested in statistical research. I have put one of the most comprehensive link lists for hundreds of thousands of statistical sources and indicators on my blog: <a href="http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/references/" rel="nofollow">Statistics Reference List</a> (http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/references/). And what I find most fascinating is how data can be visualised nowadays with the graphical computing power of modern PCs, as in manyof the dozens of examples in these <a href="http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/references/references-subjects-covered/data-structuring/data-visualisation-references/" rel="nofollow">Data Visualisation References</a> (http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/references/references-subjects-covered/data-structuring/data-visualisation-references/). If you miss anything that I might be able to find for you or you yourself want to share a resource, please leave a comment.CrisisMavenhttp://crisismaven.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-54916837996379311072007-02-12T11:18:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:18:00.000-08:00Mrsizer: Good question. I have only theories--no...Mrsizer: Good question. I have only theories--no firm answers. Look for a post on the topic, soon.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-15743818863700123892007-02-09T13:36:00.000-08:002007-02-09T13:36:00.000-08:0030yearprof: I suppose that the AALS might worry t...30yearprof: I suppose that the AALS might worry that if a certain set of search criteria fit only one or two candidates, those candidates could justly complain that their privacy had been breached. So, for instance, a particular candidate who wants to keep her job search private might feel at risk of disclosure if a researcher uncovered the fact that there as a candidate in the 2006 FAR database fitting criteria that only that or a few candidates fit. A plausible concern? It doesn't move me, but maybe the AALS is particularly risk averse.Tom W. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790351458154066358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-26537767229738880452007-02-09T12:46:00.000-08:002007-02-09T12:46:00.000-08:00As long as you don't enter their individual [i]nam...As long as you don't enter their individual [i]names[/i] into your database, of what can they complain?<BR/><BR/>e.g., a top-10 white male grad of Virginia lost out to a 2d-quartile female from George Mason for a job at Illinois. Fact is fact, don't 'cha know.30yearProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490572564579959432noreply@blogger.com