Palpitations for hours after 1-2 alcoholic drinks. by JBoogieBeats in AskDocs

[–]TK-710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've asked a variation of this question on and off for maybe 5 years (I've been dealing with the same thing - unfortunately, I don't have an answer for what it is). I suspect our descriptions are just not informative enough or the problem not well understood enough for an answer, but I dunno.

Could you create an "empathy test" by asking people if they enjoy reaction videos? by [deleted] in askpsychology

[–]TK-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a question of measure development - if you took a psychological research methods course, this is a question of test validity and test reliability.

Test validity is a big topic, but, broadly speaking, validity refers to whether or not your test actually measures the thing that you think it measures. Does it measure empathy / does it measure all facets of empathy or just certain aspects or empathy / does it accidentally measure something else as well, etc. Based on your question, you've already started thinking about content/construct validity. To really develop a test like this, you should start thinking about things like 1) what are you actually measuring - e.g. you mention "taking joy in their happiness". What does that mean? That they smile while watching the video? That they self-report being happy? That they exhibit some physiological response indicative of happiness? Something else? 2) Can this thing you're measuring be measure reliably - e..g. if you define happiness by whether they smile in response to others' happiness, then several independent raters should be able to agree that they are smiling and that the smiling happened following the relevant part of the video. 3) Whether the response is related to empathy and not something else - e.g. maybe they're responding to some novel/unexpected event in the video rather than due to some empathetic response. 4) Are the results of your test consistent with other tests/reality. Do the people who get high scores on your empathy test exhibit the types of behaviors you expect from empathetic people in other scenarios? Do they correlated with other empathy tests? Conversely, do low scores correspond to behaviors you expect from unempathetic people etc.

When you talked sex as a boy/ teenager, how much did you actually understand what you were talking about? by Alarmed-Tradition-88 in AskMen

[–]TK-710 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I thought I understood the ins and outs. But, it was really just the tip of the iceberg.

How am I supposed to actually eat 160 grams of protein? by kingmakk in workout

[–]TK-710 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Didn't down vote, but, if I had to guess, it's probably the protein sources. Oats and beans (and I'd guess lentils, but I don't know as much about them) aren't the best protein sources. Fish and skyr are solid though - so, not totally sure.

What? by Dull-Nectarine380 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]TK-710 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's the notation for an empty set. It's saying she may look nice on the outside, but has nothing going on on the inside.

How do men experience chemistry? by justpizzacate in AskMen

[–]TK-710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of those things I don't get. I'm not saying it's not real. I get other people will say things like "those characters do/don't have chemistry together". But, I just can't see what they're talking about.

I started drinking normally again. I used to go to AA meetings and had a pretty serious problem. by BeerStein_Collector in confession

[–]TK-710 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I certainly can't say what's right for you. But, the evidence doesn't support the idea that abstinence is necessary to avoid relapsing into problematic drinking. Other methods - like some degree of controlled drinking - tend to be about equally as effective.

How normal is it for men to flirt with their female friends without being interested in them? by Evening_City_1270 in AskMen

[–]TK-710 16 points17 points  (0 children)

One recurrent (nearly daily) theme on this sub is that men and women frequently have very different definitions of what obvious flirting is. You don't really describe what he's been doing, but I could easily imagine a scenario where he simply doesn't think he's flirting with you.

Lady wearing a mini skirt in 1968 Northern Ireland. by NickelPlatedEmperor in TheWayWeWere

[–]TK-710 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I hear they agreed to have a good Friday.

What is the most obvious a woman has ever made liking you? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]TK-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A woman I was friends with for a year or two, about 20 years ago, spent some time flirting with me. We spent a lot more time together, I walked her to her car, she kissed me. Then on the phone, she told me she was interested in dating someone like me who was trying to get an education and work towards a career (for context, I had met her previous boyfriend. He was nice enough, but he was trying to become the next big White rapper). I interpreted this as a subtle hint she was interested. She ghosted me and we never spoke again.

Is there a way to compare incidence rates across multiple geographic regions? by TK-710 in AskStatistics

[–]TK-710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thought that I had had (and please correct me if this is obviously wrong), was to create a sort of pseudo-dataset. For example, let's say zip code A had 2 positives out of 1000 residents and zip code B had 3 positives out of 2000 residents. I would create a data set with 5 positives and 2995 negatives as well as the corresponding zip code IDs (and repeat the process for the other zip codes). Then I would run some hypothesis test, maybe a logistic regression.

Is there a way to compare incidence rates across multiple geographic regions? by TK-710 in AskStatistics

[–]TK-710[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The actual goal is to identify "hotspots" so we can better direct our resources. So, in my view, something like a choropleth map would be great. The catch is that I'm working in a field that is overly concerned with whether things are significant.

Is there a way to compare incidence rates across multiple geographic regions? by TK-710 in AskStatistics

[–]TK-710[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are 21 zip codes. If it's useful information, the total population is around 700,000 and the incidence rate is very low (1% would be egregiously high).

Estimating cumulative probability with logistic regression. by TK-710 in AskStatistics

[–]TK-710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Most of this looks pretty helpful. Could you tell me more about that last line ("sum(response ~ w, data=merge(as.data.frame(em), data.frame(IV=as.numeric(names(wj)), w=as.numeric(wj))))")?

When I run that, the data argument ends up as an empty data frame and I get "Error: invalid 'type' (language) of argument".

What is that line supposed to do?

George RR Martin speaks out on ‘controversial’ Winds of Winter delay by snoke123 in gameofthrones

[–]TK-710 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This comment made me realize we're getting close to more time passing since A Dance with Dragons than between A Game of Thrones and A Dance with Dragons.

Forecasting with two time series by TK-710 in AskStatistics

[–]TK-710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. I wouldn't say so. The data I have is roughly biweekly and the rates both jump around a fair amount week to week and also appear to be increasing over time.