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jimt67

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    Comment #9260873

    Thank you...exactly the type of information that should have been added to the article (and I should have found in search).

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    Comment #9260845

    I don't, but when you title an article "How DOCTORS choose to die" (caps added for emphasis) you are making a generalization and supporting it with anecdote. I realize "Doctors' de…

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    Comment #9260754

    I thought this was thoughtful and well written but all I see is anecdote...there is no data presented that MDs choose different options than non-MD patients.

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    Comment #7744569

    While quality of education varies with the professor, I would argue that it also varies with the student...possibly even more so. Let's assume Instructor A teaches Introduction to …

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    Comment #6819343

    When you don't specify how far ahead in the future you are projecting these things to happen, technological innovations like "Robots Will Be Commonplace" are quite easy to predict.…

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    Comment #6656092

    So you have roughly, a 27% ROI for your first year -- which seems good. Have you accounted for: Income tax? Property tax? Insurance costs? Legal risks: (i.e., you potentially in vi…

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    Comment #6437891

    There are other studies (e.g., http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=6327... ) A Google Scholar search will turn up others...the HCI literature seems to prefer th…

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    Comment #6437858

    It may or it may not be...see: http://www.uvm.edu/~bbeckage/Teaching/DataAnalysis/AssignedP...

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    Comment #6437428

    Given the vast amount of junky infographics, I generally agree with their philosophy. They do, however, seem to ignore some of the research on the value of chartjunk. Like this pap…

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    Comment #6425400

    Seconded. This is anecdotal evidence. If the poster is making it to interview I would be willing to wager that the interview itself is leading to the lack of success rather than th…

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    Comment #6167133

    That ip also accessed the fiu digital collections in June: http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/web_stats/usage_201306.htm... Entirely possible that there is zero connection to FIU or…