Bayesian t-tests for correlations and partial correlations

In this paper, we develop Bayes factor based testing procedures for the presence of a correlation or a partial correlation. The proposed Bayesian tests are obtained by restricting the class of the alternative hypotheses to maximize the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when the Bayes factor is larger than a specified threshold. It turns out that they depend simply on the frequentist t-statistics with the associated critical values and can thus be easily calculated by using a spreadsheet in Excel and in fact by just adding one more step after one has performed the frequentist correlation tests. In addition, they are able to yield an identical decision with the frequentist paradigm, provided that the evidence threshold of the Bayesian tests is determined by the significance level of the frequentist paradigm. We illustrate the performance of the proposed procedures through simulated and real-data examples.     

李清照与朱淑真词接受差异论析

李清照和朱淑真是宋代两位最著名的女词人,她们以卓越的创作成就深远地影响了后世文学,为历代读者广泛接受.综观李清照和朱淑真的被接受历史,她们所表现出来的接受差异主要可概括为三个方面:一是接受历程的不同;二是情感认同的差异;三是接受模式的区别.通过考察和分析李清照和朱淑真词的接受差异,能更加深刻地洞悉李清照和朱淑真词的美学特征、文化内涵和历史价值.     

关于民事主体的内涵与外延的立法思考

民事主体制度,是民法理论和立法实践中的重要内容,特别是我国这样的成文法国家,民事主体的立法是关乎整个民法体系的建构和市场经济发展的重要环节。在自然人和法人当然和已然地成为民事主体的内核之情况下,文章对民事主体的内涵和外延在新的历史条件和时代环境下作出新的解释,特别就经济关系和生活关系中大量存在的“非法人团体”是否应该成为“第三主体”作出思考。     

高校学生管理法治化的思考

目前在高等学校的学生管理中,存在着不少侵犯学生权利的法律问题,论文从依法治教的角度分析了我国高等学校的法律依据和行为性质、高校学生管理的现状和存在的主要法律问题、高校学生合法权益的法律保护等问题,这些都是现阶段我国高等教育面临的实际问题。     

全连接世界的融传播

智媒体技术为各种传播形态的信息提供了“全连接”的技术支撑,人类社会自此从有信息传播边界的传统媒体时代的人际传播、群体传播、组织传播的社会生活场域,进入到信息传播边界消逝后的全连接世界。在互联网场域,信息从人际传播到群体传播再到大众传播,为此从媒介环境学角度提出“融传播”概念,分析智能媒体时代熟人社交的失控,无边界控制的赛博空间对人的多元身份确认的困惑,智媒技术对人的“监控”等对人类社会生活产生的诸多影响,并反思拟真世界中的人际沟通。     

The effect of paid maternity leave on low-income families' welfare use in the US

Despite the critical role that paid maternity leave can assume in the economic lives of low-income families, research to date has paid insufficient attention to whether paid maternity leave reduces welfare use for low-income families. Using the Current Population Survey (CPS) March Supplement 2007–2014 with the difference-in-difference (DiD) technique, this study finds a significant policy effect of paid maternity leave on reducing the probability of using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), TANF benefit amounts and TANF participation length. This study confirms that paid maternity leave is likely to prevent low-income families from using welfare during job interruptions stemming from the birth of a child. Given that TANF is often associated with negative political and social connotations, paid maternity leave can be used as an important social policy to improve economic security as well as offer empowerment in overall social standing for low-income mothers. The discussion focuses on the implications of the findings in a broader context of American welfare states.     

Pathways from workplace flexibility to turnover intention: Role of work–family conflict,family–work conflict,and job satisfaction

This study examined the prevalence of workplace flexibility and the mechanisms that allow workplace flexibility to influence turnover intentions through work–family and family–work conflicts and job satisfaction among low‐wage workers in South Korea. Participants included 250 low‐wage workers whose monthly salary was less than 2 million Korean won (approx. $1,900). The study results indicate that low‐wage workers have limited access to workplace flexibility and that workplace flexibility plays a significant protective role in reducing their turnover intention, indirectly by decreasing work–family conflicts and enhancing job satisfaction. This article also discusses the implications of these findings for labor policy and social work practice.     

A qualitative case study of a Korean former addict’s existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation

This study explored the case of a former addict, focusing on his existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation process. This study began from the question of whether philosophical processes related to existential self‐interpretation could lead to the formation of the concept of bottoming out and of identity transformation. To answer this question, the study analyzed the case of a male in his mid‐forties who was addicted to drugs for approximately 30 years and has only recently maintained abstinence. The study used the phenomenological approach to determine the meaning drugs held for him in each stage, and what drug‐related identity he had in each stage. Further, this study identified the integrative implications of these meanings in terms of existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation. The four different identities the man identified for the four stages of his life were juvenile delinquent, gang member, half‐gangster, and breadwinner, and the associated meanings drugs had for him during each period were “glue,” “filthy,” “leeches,” and “abstinence,” respectively. Finally, this study elucidated the integration of these meanings through the hermeneutic circle, identified the social welfare implications of the findings, and developed educational recommendations.     

构建社会主义和谐社会与民族自治地方立法

如何构建社会主义和谐社会,这是目前我国民族地区共同面临的时代主题。本文从民族自治地方立法的视角对此进行研究,较深刻地阐述了民族自治地方立法与构建社会主义和谐社会的关系及其对构建社会主义和谐社会的重要作用。