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What make the PhD process easier/harder for me

Posted on Author KinoPosted in Life in Academia1 Reply
Kino
Kino
Kino specializes in the philosophy of statistics and its application in the social sciences. She looks at the methodology of social sciences in general but psychology in particular through the lens of data analysis. Kino posts under the banner "Scattered Plot".
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I’ve recently encountered a lot of disciplines/areas of research that I didn’t think existed before but, after thinking about it, I’d think “of course someone needs to figure that out”. It’s an interesting experience — and a sobering one, regarding what we take for granted. In any case, one such area I discovered today is…

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Minority mentoring minority: just because I did it doesn’t mean I know how to do it

Posted on Author KinoPosted in Life in Academia, Scattered Plot
Kino
Kino
Kino specializes in the philosophy of statistics and its application in the social sciences. She looks at the methodology of social sciences in general but psychology in particular through the lens of data analysis. Kino posts under the banner "Scattered Plot".
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This post is inspired by a Chronicle Vitae piece on advice on mentoring minority students. While I’m not at all close to an “advisor” role yet, I do have some experience helping students more junior to me. This post records some reflections on the difficulties associated with it. One thing that caught my attention and…

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Academia and bad posture

Posted on Author Chris MitschPosted in Life in Academia
Chris Mitsch
Chris Mitsch
Chris studies the history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is currently translating several works by Hilbert, Nordheim, and von Neumann as part of a project on the philosophy of mathematics that informed early quantum mechanics formalisms. He is also interested in: historical method and how this should inform general philosophy of science; the cognitive foundations of mathematics; and the construction of identity in (especially American) politics. Chris posts under the banner "Method Matters".
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In more recent discussions of health in graduate school and academia, much of the emphasis has seemed to fall on mental health. This is undoubtedly a good thing. However, I haven’t seen anyone discuss the (sometimes nasty) side effects of sitting and reading/typing all day, so I figured I’d mention a few things I’ve run…

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On social engagement and being strong

Posted on Author KinoPosted in Life in Academia
Kino
Kino
Kino specializes in the philosophy of statistics and its application in the social sciences. She looks at the methodology of social sciences in general but psychology in particular through the lens of data analysis. Kino posts under the banner "Scattered Plot".
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“What made you decide to start a blog?” As I recruit more friends to join me at this blog (we will soon have Emma, Marian, and Margaret joining as authors!), they often ask me this question. If the blog does well in the future, people may ask me this question again. I do have an…

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What I hope to get out of blogging

Posted on Author Chris MitschPosted in Life in Academia
Chris Mitsch
Chris Mitsch
Chris studies the history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is currently translating several works by Hilbert, Nordheim, and von Neumann as part of a project on the philosophy of mathematics that informed early quantum mechanics formalisms. He is also interested in: historical method and how this should inform general philosophy of science; the cognitive foundations of mathematics; and the construction of identity in (especially American) politics. Chris posts under the banner "Method Matters".
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I want to start my first post by thanking Kino for actually getting this thing started. We’d been discussing it off-and-on for a while now, in vague terms, but several weeks ago she actually started one and asked me to join her. I’m a little late to the actually joining her part–having taken forever to…

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Writing a climate survey

Posted on Author KinoPosted in For reference, Life in Academia, Scattered Plot1 Reply
Kino
Kino
Kino specializes in the philosophy of statistics and its application in the social sciences. She looks at the methodology of social sciences in general but psychology in particular through the lens of data analysis. Kino posts under the banner "Scattered Plot".
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I am currently in the process of putting together a climate survey to assess departmental climate. As a result, I’ve been looking at some existing surveys that other departments have done and, no offense, but most of them are terrible. It’s occurred to me that, of course, questionnaire construction is extremely difficult in all sorts…

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