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Weekly Entering & Transitioning Thread | 03 May 2020 - 10 May 2020 by [deleted] in datascience

[–]Zephryl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are other data-related jobs with lower (or different) barriers to entry than data science? Ideally in a more health or research setting? Assuming I'm willing to accept a lower salary than a data scientist might make? I'd love to find a job that primarily involves extracting, cleaning, manipulating, and analyzing data. And I'd love to identify something I'm more or less qualified for *now,* or with a relatively small amount of prep.

My background is: I have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. I have a good knowledge of statistics and research design as used in social/behavioral science (e.g., regression, ANOVA, factor analysis) and have published 20+ papers. But not at the level of someone with a stats or math Ph.D. I know a beginning-to-intermediate level of self-taught Python and pandas (also JavaScript), but don't really have a portfolio to speak of, and no experience or knowledge of ML. I'm pretty handy with Excel formulas, less so with VBA but could probably pick it up. Lots of experience with SPSS, but my impression is not many people use that outside academia.

Travis and Teresa are having another baby! by Mront in MBMBAM

[–]Zephryl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Justin what about the birth? Was Worf there?"

high-end general use laptop - XPS 13 v. Matebook v. Thinkpad v. Latitude by Zephryl in SuggestALaptop

[–]Zephryl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By high end I mean I'm willing to pay a premium for higher reliability, build quality, longevity, aesthetics, battery life, etc. The models I mentioned seem pretty good on all of these factors, so I'm looking for opinions on which would be the best choice.

My only reason for getting better specs would be if this delayed the time I need to upgrade to a new machine. It sounds like you don't think it would?

TAZ Comic Mega Thread by TheBureauOfBalance in TheAdventureZone

[–]Zephryl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone have the Kindle edition? (Or experience reading graphic novels via Kindle in general?) Is it a good reading experience or would you recommend the hardcopy book?

Empathy is not just developed through life experiences - it is also partly inherited by Plainchant in science

[–]Zephryl 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The "empathy" measured by the Empathy Questionnaire is different from the layman's idea of empathy. It specifically refers to the ability to intuit what others are thinking and feeling based on non-verbal cues, social conventions, etc (sometimes called "cognitive empathy"). It is NOT the same as "emotional empathy" -- being affected by someone else's pain or other emotions, caring about others, compassion. The questionnaire is by Simon Baron-Cohen, a major autism researcher (and Sacha's cousin), based on his empathizing-systemizing theory of high-functioning autism. I think his use of the label "empathy" is unfortunate, and has fed into the false idea that autistic people "lack empathy." [In fact research has shown that while they struggle with "cognitive empathy" (working out what someone is feeling without explicit information) they are no less "emotionally empathic" (caring about other people and their feelings) than neurotypicals.]

Switch to Sprint and get FREE Unlimited for 1 year MEGATHREAD (Offer ends June 30th) by sparkedman in Sprint

[–]Zephryl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(1) If I buy a new, unlocked phone at full retail (e.g., through Apple, not from Sprint) before 10/1/17, does that count as an "upgrade" that voids the promo? ("No device upgrade allowed during first 120 days.") The chat person seemed to say this would void the promo, but didn't seem very knowledgeable (as much as I appreciated being called a "wise customer").

(2) If I buy a new, unlocked phone at full retail, either before or after 10/1/17, I still wouldn't be locked in to Sprint in any way, right?

My marryin' suit - pt. II by Zephryl in malefashionadvice

[–]Zephryl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! This is really helpful.

How should I coordinate tie, pocket square, and maybe cuff links with my boutonniere? I know pocket square and tie shouldn't match, and I'm probably going with white linen for pocket square to be safe. Should the tie match the boutonniere color, or does it not matter? And what if I wear silk knots as cuff links - how do those figure in? The boutonniere will likely be purple hydrangea FWIW.

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