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I think I thought I saw you try

Posted on Author KinoPosted in Life in Academia, Scattered Plot
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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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The Philosophers’ Cocoon has been running a “What it’s like to be a philosopher around the world” series, which I thought was a great idea in shedding light on the sociological status of non-western philosophy, a great complement to the recently proclaimed interest of many departments to diversify their philosophical curriculum (as witnessed through job…

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Positive feedback group (meeting 1)

Posted on Author KinoPosted in For reference, Life in Academia, Scattered Plot
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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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One good thing about having friends is that they are usually happy to be free experimental subjects of random ideas (and if they’re not, they’re not real friends). I had this random idea of having a writing feedback group where you’re only allowed to give positive feedback. I floated the idea to my friend Will,…

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The entertainment of ideas

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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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When I was an arrogant highschooler thinking I was smarter than everyone else, I used to subscribe to this false quote of Aristotle’s: it is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. I have been thinking a lot about the entertainment of thoughts lately, drafting and deleting numerous blog…

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Living differently

Posted on Author KinoPosted in Life in Academia, Scattered Plot
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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 actually enjoy service. I enjoy organizing events and troubleshooting climate-related stuff. It helps me feel connected and relevant. However, I have become increasingly aware of the different lifestyles between people who “see problems and try to solve them” versus people who “do not see problems”. I’d like to record some of these differences and…

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Academic jerks and the active harm done by their toleration

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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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If you live in the real world, you would have encountered jerks at some point in your life. (If you don’t think you have… you might just be the jerk.) Jerks exist everywhere and academia is no exception. However, I think that academics are especially reluctant to call-out rude behaviours. Some of this might be…

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Another great book | another project | help me with something too please

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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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Another great book In my last post, I talked about Kate Manne’s book Down Girl. What got me into that book first, however, is another great book. It’s a great book on stress management written by a pair of twin sisters. I listened to it on Audible, of course. The authors performed the Audible recording —…

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What make the PhD process easier/harder for me

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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

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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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Writing a climate survey

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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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