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The author has a more recent version on his website, with more data: http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~babcock/LeisureCollege_4.pdf http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~babcock/L

by ramchip 16y ago

The author has a more recent version on his website, with more data: http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~babcock/LeisureCollege_4.pdf http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~babcock/LeisureCollege_4.pdf I wouldn't jump to conclusions, though. As far as I can see, this isn't peer-reviewed research, and it looks heavily based on few sources. Some more discussion: http://permut.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/declining-standards-in-higher-education/ http://permut.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/declining-standards-i... (The formatting is also very unprofessional... not that it changes the analysis, but I tend to take it as a lack of attention to detail.)

robotresearcher 16y ago
> (The formatting is also very unprofessional. No, this is what academic papers usually look like when prepared for submission to journals. After review, if the article is accepted and modifications done, the journal staff takes the text and images and prepares a typeset article. This is all unfortunate since the reviewers and editors have to read the damn stuff looking like this. Edit: the point of this comment is to say that this is what high-quality work looks like on submission. This work may be good or bad, but you can't tell by the lack of typesetting.
- ramchip 16y ago
  It probably depends on your research field. In my main field (part of optics), articles must usually be sent in a specified format. If accepted, the final version is prepared by the authors and published as-is. Journals provide templates, usually for Word and/or LaTeX. Examples: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/submit/templates/ http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/submit/templates/ http://spie.org/x5258.xml http://spie.org/x5258.xml I would at least expect the text to be justified, and no 3D graphs (I'm talking about the general format, not strictly typesetting). Also, an IP address with a long query string isn't a very good reference.

by ramchip 16y ago

robotresearcher 16y ago

> (The formatting is also very unprofessional. No, this is what academic papers usually look like when prepared for submission to journals. After review, if the article is accepted and modifications done, the journal staff takes the text and images and prepares a typeset article. This is all unfortunate since the reviewers and editors have to read the damn stuff looking like this. Edit: the point of this comment is to say that this is what high-quality work looks like on submission. This work may be good or bad, but you can't tell by the lack of typesetting.

ramchip 16y ago
It probably depends on your research field. In my main field (part of optics), articles must usually be sent in a specified format. If accepted, the final version is prepared by the authors and published as-is. Journals provide templates, usually for Word and/or LaTeX. Examples: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/submit/templates/ http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/submit/templates/ http://spie.org/x5258.xml http://spie.org/x5258.xml I would at least expect the text to be justified, and no 3D graphs (I'm talking about the general format, not strictly typesetting). Also, an IP address with a long query string isn't a very good reference.