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January 11

Study

I read about a study (not the study itself) (one of Wikipedia's articles might reference it briefly, otherwise somewhere else on the web) that suggested female students considered physically attractive received higher grades (from its abstract I don't think it is this one, the only one Google has found for me). I'm pretty sure it was only female students, and it did not also study race or other things (although I might be wrong). Can someone help me track it down? Thsnk. 24.92.70.160 (talk) 02:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

There seems to be a lot of research: here's an abstract of another [1] (short write-up here[2]). If that's not it, try Googling a bit more, because I got a lot of references, or use Google Scholar or another academic database. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Try to find the literature reviews because if I remember correctly, individual studies have been highly divergent on this topic. 71.198.176.22 (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

It is consistent with my experience as a student, when I witnessed a lecturer's girlfriend/lover being given top marks while doing very little work. I think coursework marked by techers/lecturers themselves has been a terribly retrograde step, as teachers, particularly the male ones, are over influenced by the smiles and charm of female students. 92.15.23.20 (talk) 21:10, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Joane Martin's dimensions (perspective) of the organizational culture

Dears,

Thanks for you concern;

I would like to know what is Martin's view of the organizational culture and what he means with his 3 perspectives (integration, differentiation, and fragmentation).

Thanks again,

Best Regards, Fady Nader —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.233.175.228 (talk) 04:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Homework? We don't do peoples' homework for them, especially if they don't give an indication of what the question is about. There isn't an article on Joane Martin in Wikipedia. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:08, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I would suggest finding this book at your local/school library. Dismas|^(talk) 04:37, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Bibliography required

Provide a list of modern English fiction (novels) men and weman writers (preferably of those who are still alive)including lists of their works. Where, if possible, can I download their works (books) free-of-charge?94.178.149.209 (talk) 20:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I added the header. Why would you be able to download their works free of charge? If the writers are still alive, their work is almost certainly still in copyright. Itsmejudith (talk) 21:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Google Books has some books freely available, but if it's in copyright and the author wants to make money from it, I doubt there will be an easy source for you to freely download it. 91.85.135.156 (talk) 21:31, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

This is unfortunately far too vague. All modern English (language or nationality) fiction novels by men and women? You're talking about tens if not hundreds of thousands of possible books, depending on what you mean by "modern." If you are only interested in works that can be acquired online legally for free, that would indeed shorten the list quite considerably (e.g. see Category:Creative Commons-licensed novels). --Mr.98 (talk) 23:28, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I would start with Cory Doctorow and the Baen Free Library. Ariel. (talk) 04:43, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Many Public libraries offer commercially produced e-books for download for free but with limited time to read it, usually the same as regular book loans. They do require a library card, though. But again, lots of good free stuff there. Copyright isn't an issue, either, since the libraries already arrange the licence for this purpose. 207.81.30.213 (talk) 03:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)