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It’s good to be back

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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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1. I join a circle of friends in the hotel lobby. We haven’t seen each other in months, but it’s the first day of the conference and I am exhausted from travel. All I can do is mutter repeatedly, “it’s so good to see you; it’s really good to see you.” My friends smile and…

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Six years in retrospect

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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Alysha Kassam (same cohort as me) and I are the first two women of color ever graduating from my PhD program. I’ve always read about people being firsts and wondered what it’s like, which makes it a little surprising it took me this long to realize that I am one, too. I suppose one reason…

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Resisting solutions

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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’m a pretty positive person. I generally enjoy philosophy and academia and I’m hopeful in a lot of cases when my friends are not. I also believe in always having a positive account in my research. So this post really isn’t about pessimism and “burning it all down”, even though it might read a bit…

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Troubleshooting is off-CV DEI work

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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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Diversity statements are becoming common in job searches. Contrary to what you might think, I actually like these statements, in much of the same way as I believe in the value of forcing people to pitch valuable research (aka grant writing). I don’t know how seriously diversity statements are taken — probably somewhere between what…

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Dealing with stuff in the profession

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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 haven’t been posting lately because, you know, the world fell apart. I also finished a draft of my dissertation, which is pretty good given that the world fell apart. I’ll try to get back to it by writing something short today. I was recently mansplained analytic philosophy at a departmental Zoom social, which is…

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In defense of gossip

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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 little, the culture within China around me was such that the most natural question following “what do you (or your parents) do?” is “how much do you (they) earn?” Sometimes the second question is phrased as “oh so that’s like $5k a month, right?” which leads to the same effect. Nobody thought…

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Some suggestions for inclusive practices

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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 haven’t been writing for a while. A lot has been happening and maybe I’ll write about them later. But right now, I’m trying to get back to writing. I was talking with some people lately about my climate survey. I talked about what surprising things we might learn from something like this (e.g., men…

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Men and the “Philosophical Society”

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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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Men are more likely to make misogynistic arguments; so are philosophers. Could this be the explanation of gender disparity within philosophy? Today, Daily Nous published a guest post by Christina Easton titled Women and the “Philosophical Personality”, with the provocative hypothesis: Research suggests that there is a cognitive task on which philosophers tend to perform…

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Some reflections on doing “service” things and getting them done

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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 Wonder Philosophy workshop, which aims at helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds (mostly first-gen, but also financial hardship and women of colour) who are interested in applying to philosophy graduate schools to navigate the process, has just concluded this past weekend. (I wrote a post about it back when it was still in the planning…

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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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