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The American Middle Class, Income Inequality, and the Strength of Our Economy
Analyzes 1979-2007 income growth by income group and how the state of the middle class and level of income inequality affect factors shaping the economy, such as human capital, demand for goods and services, entrepreneurship, and inclusive institutions
Surprising Subscriptions: How Electronic Journal Publishing Has Affected the Partnership Among Subscription Agents, Publishers and Librarians
This compilation is a mixture of papers submitted by speakers and text derived from notes taken by the moderator and Mary Hawks of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library and has been reviewed by the participants
The ASCCR Frame for Learning Essential Collaboration Skills
Statistics and data science are especially collaborative disciplines that
typically require practitioners to interact with many different people or
groups. Consequently, interdisciplinary collaboration skills are part of the
personal and professional skills essential for success as an applied
statistician or data scientist. These skills are learnable and teachable, and
learning and improving collaboration skills provides a way to enhance one's
practice of statistics and data science. To help individuals learn these skills
and organizations to teach them, we have developed a framework covering five
essential components of statistical collaboration: Attitude, Structure,
Content, Communication, and Relationship. We call this the ASCCR Frame. This
framework can be incorporated into formal training programs in the classroom or
on the job and can also be used by individuals through self-study. We show how
this framework can be applied specifically to statisticians and data scientists
to improve their collaboration skills and their interdisciplinary impact. We
believe that the ASCCR Frame can help organize and stimulate research and
teaching in interdisciplinary collaboration and call on individuals and
organizations to begin generating evidence regarding its effectiveness.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure. Updated to this Version 5 by adding a few more
references, discussing how to teach ASCCR in the classroom, calling on others
to add to research supporting the use of the ASCCR Frame, and adding
discussion of ethics and reproducible researc
Increasing the Capacity of Primary Care Through Enabling Technology.
Primary care is the foundation of effective and high-quality health care. The role of primary care clinicians has expanded to encompass coordination of care across multiple providers and management of more patients with complex conditions. Enabling technology has the potential to expand the capacity for primary care clinicians to provide integrated, accessible care that channels expertise to the patient and brings specialty consultations into the primary care clinic. Furthermore, technology offers opportunities to engage patients in advancing their health through improved communication and enhanced self-management of chronic conditions. This paper describes enabling technologies in four domains (the body, the home, the community, and the primary care clinic) that can support the critical role primary care clinicians play in the health care system. It also identifies challenges to incorporating these technologies into primary care clinics, care processes, and workflow
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