Math 243 (Phillips) Lecture of 16 April 2008 2008

Files and information for the lecture of 16 April 2008 2008:

• A version of the computer file I showed in class (pdf); AMSLaTeX.
• Here is the best information I found on the web about who Senator Snort is.
• Source of the information about hypothetical bias: Article in Science Daily; Purdue University news release. Article: Jayson L. Lusk, Effects of Cheap Talk on Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Golden Rice, American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 85 (Nov. 2003), 840--856. (The link to the article that worked several years ago is now dead.) The first two sentences of the article describe why this is important for marketers: "In recent years, agri-businesses have become interested in producing and selling differentiated agricultural commodities. Estimates of consumer willingness-to-pay for new value-added traits are becoming important determinants of new product adoption."
• Source of the stories about survey fanaticism (go to about the middle of the page).
• Weather stations mentioned in the lecture:
  • Page at which I found weather station links
  • Mt Hood/Timberline Upper
  • Crater Lake
  • Mt Hood/Timberline Base
• A small version of the slide I showed at the beginning of class. (Unfortunately, it is sideways.)