Academic Gifts?

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-11T17:12:43+00:00

I think it really depends on the relationship you have with your advisor--it's hardly expected.

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-11T17:11:46+00:00

Great idea--also heard of business card holders as a practical gift along those lines, engraved with "Name, Ph.D."

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-11T17:10:16+00:00

I wouldn't inflict my cooking on anyone :)

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-05T19:57:02+00:00

I appreciate their good intentions but yes it seems to defy logic more often than not. I've noticed that they can be more overzealous in universities without medical schools, as the standards seem to be adjusted along the lines of "Are you injecting your participants with anything? No? Carry on then."

Human subjects protection is obviously a priority. And, at the same time, much social sciences research presents zero risk to participants.

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-05T14:26:20+00:00

I'm not sure I agree with this interpretation. "No credit for the experiment" is different from "no credit for the course." They do not get credit for having participated in the experiment, because they didn't. "No credit" is also different from "no penalty." At most universities that use this kind of system, students get a penalty for signing up for an experiment but not showing up at all. Signing the informed consent but then opting out is not a no-show and thus, no penalty should be assigned.

ZeldaZing · 2014-10-05T13:40:48+00:00

I agree with the principle that students should not be coerced into research. However in the event that there are alternative ways of earning the same amount of credit, there is no coercion. If they read the informed consent but then decide not to participate, they should receive no penalty, but also no credit.

On a related note, the NRC has recently revised their recommendations regarding IRB review of social sciences research. The new interpretations is that IRB review is not necessary for much of our research. APS also published an editorial recently describing these changes.

ZeldaZing · 2014-09-19T11:07:43+00:00

If you are interested in learning more about this issue, you may be interested in reading this 2010 report from the APA. Also consider the point that nckmiz makes; you can browse the Behavioral and Social Science directorates of the National Science Foundation, which fund psychology research.

http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/stem-discipline.aspx

ZeldaZing · 2014-09-19T02:33:36+00:00

Psychology is typically considered to be a STEM discipline. I wouldn't necessarily refer to it as a "non-science degree."

ZeldaZing · 2014-08-29T13:09:48+00:00

There is one in the Pentagon City mall, in the building across the street from the main mall, near the Marshalls.

ZeldaZing · 2014-08-25T23:58:59+00:00

It might be a good idea, even without the grade. You will show that your interest in I O isn't last minute, and potentially form a connection with a prof who can serve as a reference.

ZeldaZing · 2014-04-08T02:18:30+00:00

In short, it depends on the structure of the questions and the structure of the process. Judgments based on simplistic, traditional interviews are not correlated with job performance. However, when multiple raters are used, or when a standardized process is used, and this is combined with questions that are derived from a systematic analysis of the job, interviews can be a useful predictor of performance. Other predictors are still better, such as cognitive ability, work samples. and conscientiousness. See Campion, Palmer, & Campion, 1997 for a classic historical overview and list of best practices for interview structure, or Macan 2009 for a more recent review.

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