Religion

To pray is to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. Religion is a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. Ambrose Bierce (1906) The Cynic's Word Book, The Devil's Dictionary

Secular ideologies in 19th and early 20th centuries

• Marxists dismiss religion as a tool of class oppression. Religon is the opium of hte people, a false consolation for life's miseries.
• Freudians regard religion as a collective neurosis
• Economists think religion has no value because it has no market price
• Sociologists, such as Emile Durkhiem (religion can be a solution to anomie) and Max Weber (religion is an instrument of modernisation) pronounce religion's death rites.

Peter Berger, the dean of sociologists of religion, argues that Max Weber is alive and living well in Guatemala City.

How to lose a fellowship in ten days

• Get up at 11:00 AM every morning
• Eat breakfast from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• Cook lunch from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Eat lunch from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Take a nap after lunch from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
• Cook dinner from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Eat dinner from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Watch TV from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Go to bed at 11:00 PM
• Sleep 12 hours
• Get up at 11:00 AM
• Go to shopping mall every weekend

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Economic and Policy Research

• NBER, National Bureau of Economic Research
  http://www.nber.org/
• NBER working papers
  http://www.nber.org/papers/
• CEPR, Center for Economic Policy Research
  http://www.cepr.org/default_static.htm
• CEPR, Center for Economic and Policy Research
  http://www.cepr.net/

Fellowship, Scholarship, Research Grant

• The National Academies, fellowship office
  http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/othlists.html
• Grants in Graduate Studies (GIGS)
  http://www.nyu.edu/pages/gsas/GIGS/gsas/intlstudents/
• AERA grants program (American Educational Research Association)
  http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
• Doctoral fellowship
  http://www.cckf.org/e-americaDF.htm

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Kcet
http://www.pbs.org/

Positive Organization Research

• Center for positive organizational scholarship
  http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/Default.htm
• Compassion Lab
  http://www.compassionlab.com/index.html

Organization and Management Reserch

Academy of Management
http://www.aomonline.org/

Beauty and Environment

• Beauty and Environment, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
  http://www.safecosmetics.org/companies/signers.cfm
• No sacrify animals' lives to make us look beautiful

Statistics and Econometrics

• David Knoke, George W. Bohrnstedt, and Alisa Potter Mee (2002) Statistics for Social Data Analysis. 4th, Wadsworth Publishing.
• Jacob Cohen, Patricia Cohen, Stephen G. West, and Leona S. Aiken (2003) Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. 3th edition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Research Method, Proposal, Dissertation

• Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen W. Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman (2007) Proposals that work: a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals. 5th, Sage Publications, Inc.
• Kjell Erik Rudestam and Rae R. Newton (2001) Surviving your dissertation: a comprehensive guide to content and process. 2nd. Sage Publications, Inc.
• John W. Creswell (2002) Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. 2nd. Sage Publications, Inc.
• Paul M Brewerton and Lynne J Millward (2001) Organizational research methods: a guide for students and researchers. Sage Publications Ltd.
• Delbert C. Miller and Neil J. Salkind (2002) Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. 6th, Sage Publications, Inc.

Data Analysis for Social Science

• ICPSR, Inter-university consortium for political and social research
  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
• Hardy,M.A., and Bryman,A.E., (2004) Handbook of Data Analysis, Sage Publications Ltd.
  LISREL and Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), SSI (scientific software international)
  http://www.ssicentral.com/hlm/index.html

Compassion

from " The Dalai Lama's book of love & compassion"

• Let me explain what we mean by compassion. Usually, our concept of compassion or love refers to the feeling of closeness we have with our friends and loved ones. Sometimes compassion also carries a sense of pity. This is wrong-- any love or compassion which entails looking down on the other is not genuine compassion. To be genuine, compassion must be based on respect for the other, and on the realization that others have the right to be happy and overcome sufferings just as much as I. One this basis, since you can see that others are suffering, you develop a genuine sense of concern for them.

Buddhism, Philosophy, Business

• Jean-Francois Revel and Matthieu Ricard (1999) Le moine et le philosophe, French edition
• The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life (2000), English edition
• Geshe Michael Roach (2003) The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life

Zen resources

• Zen retreat in New York City
  http://www.chan1.org/
• Zen in Taiwan
  http://www.dharmadrum.org/index.asp

Living with uncercertainty and fear

• Pema Chodron (2000) When things fall apart: heart advice for difficult times
• Pema Chodron (2001) The wisdom of no escape and the path of loving and kindness
  It isn't the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it's how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer." --Pema Chödrön
• PBS, Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason: interview with Pema Chodron
  http://www.pbs.org/moyers/faithandreason/portraits_chodron.html

Network Theory and Analysis

• http://csde.washington.edu/statnet/
• http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/
• http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/
• http://www.analytictech.com/borgatti/publications.htm
• A UCINET tutorial by Bob Hanneman is available at http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/
• http://www.analytictech.com/ucinet/ucinet.htm
• http://www.analytictech.com/networks/Default.htm
• http://www.analytictech.com/
• http://www.analytictech.com/ucinet/ucinet.htm
• How to cite UCINET: Borgatti, S.P., Everett, M.G. and Freeman, L.C. 2002. Ucinet for Windows: Software for Social Network Analysis. Harvard, MA: Analytic Technologie
• http://www.insna.org/

Survey Resources

• The study response project, http://istprojects.syr.edu/~studyresponse/studyresponse/index.htm
• Survey monkey
  http://www.surveymonkey.com/
• To find respondents,
  http://www.craigslist.org/about/cities.html

Structural Equation Model

• John, C. Loehlin, (2004) Latent variable models: an introduction to factor, path, and structural equation analysis, 4th edition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associated, Inc.
• Byrne, B.M., (2001) Strucrural equation modeling with AMOS: basic concepts, applications, and programming. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Byrne, B.M., (1998) Structural equation modeling with Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis: basic concepts, applications, and programming. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Joreskog,K.G., and Sorbom, D., (1997) Lisrel 8: User's Reference Guide.Scientific Software.
• Marcoulides, G.A., and Schumacker, R.E., (2001) New development and techniques in structural equation modeling. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Schumacker, R.E., and Marcoulides, G.A., (1998) Interaction and Nonlinear effects in structural equation modeling. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Skrondal,A., and Rabe-Hesketh, S., (2004) Interdisciplinary statistics, Generalized latent variable modeling, multilevel, longitudinal, and structural equation models.Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Kline, R.B. (2005, 1998) Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. The Guilford Press.
• Marcoulides, G.A., and Moustaki, I. (2002) Latent variable and latent structure models. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Hoyle,R.H. (1995) Structural equation modeling: concepts, issues, and application. Sage
• Hoyle,R.H. (2002) Structural equation modeling: concepts, issues, and applications, sage
• Kaplan,D. (2000) Structural equation modeling: foundations and extensions. Sage
• Schumacker,R.E., and Lomax,R.G., (2004) A beginner's guide to structural equation modeling. 2nd edition. Lawrence.

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109

Dear Professor Millington,
Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.
Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen