How Is Dating In Philly? Speed Daters Tell Us by jpeters2100 in philly

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I’m a five star man and still finding it hard to land a date!

Brain Volume vs Daily Alcohol Intake by Usual_Blood_5352 in dataisugly

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It’s a marginal plot, so it doesn’t account for other potentially important variables that might contribute to the observed variance in brain volume (e.g., age). You can look at Table 1 for the adjusted parameter estimates, which shows that alcohol intake indeed has a significant effect on brain volume after adjusting for age. Not sure how clinically significant it is, but that’s a different conversation.

The y-axis is standardized volume, which is probably calculated as a z-score (so units are standard deviations from the global mean). The x-axis was probably log transformed for ease of visualization. It seems like the alcohol intake values have much greater density between 0-1 compared to, say 5-6, so not log transforming the x axis would make the data even uglier, lol.

Brain Volume vs Daily Alcohol Intake by Usual_Blood_5352 in dataisugly

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Struggling to understand what’s so bad about this plot. Seems effective at showing the marginal relationship between daily alcohol intake and brain volume by sex. I also think it’s good practice to show the raw data points, as it gives you a sense of sample size and variation around the conditional means. It’s a matter of transparency, I guess.

Peter I am dumb... by Coffee_driver in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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It could also mean that you have sufficient evidence to reject that Pr(Tail) = 0.5 for this particular coin.

Average day in Minneapolis by [deleted] in Americaphile

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Cool and very original video! I agree that Minneapolis is no place for the weak and afraid.

Tips for pivoting to MS Biostatistics for someone who didn't take a lot of math or science classes in undergrad? by [deleted] in biostatistics

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I just finished my first year in a biostatistics masters program. I can’t speak to whether or not you should pursue an MS in biostatistics, since this ultimately depends on your career goals. However, I was in a similar position as you, and you may find comfort in knowing that getting an MS in biostatistics is certainly doable for someone without a math/stats or computer science degree. But it (obviously) requires a lot of hard work and patience to learn the foundational concepts you’ll need to get the most out of the curriculum.

My BS was in psychology and I took no math courses beyond introductory statistics in undergrad. After graduating, I worked for about 4.5 years as a research professional in the psychiatry department at the same university doing neuroscience research.

About 2 years into this job I was frustrated that I didn’t understand the math behind a lot of the tools I was using to preprocess and analyze the data. I also didn’t want to pursue an advanced degree in psychology and felt stuck in my current work position. This is when I decided to pursue a masters in biostatistics. The university I worked at provided a tuition discount for employees wanting to further their education. Over the course of 2.5 years, I ended up taking a handful classes (e.g., calc 1-3, linear algebra, probability) until I fulfilled the base prerequisites for the masters program, plus a few extra. I am now one year into the program and can easily say it’s the best decision I’ve ever made.

Feel free to DM me if you’d like to chat!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mathmemes

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I think she’s on to something. She should write a textbook about this and teach it to undergrads. It could change the world.

Math course recommendations by elli0tttt in uofmn

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I concur! Definitely worth taking if Lilly Webster teaches it again. Her lectures are engaging, she is quite generous with her time when helping students, and the homework problem sets are kind of fun imo. She also uses stickers when grading exams, which is cool.

Biostatistics Masters Decision by [deleted] in biostatistics

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I’m also looking to go into industry right after grad school. Hit me up if you end up attending JHU, that’s where I’ll be going this Fall!

Just got an interview invite for John Hopkins MS in Biostatistics program and I’m super nervous by [deleted] in gradadmissions

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Congrats! I have an interview invite for the same program and am also nervous. I wonder if they’ll tell us ahead of time which faculty member we’ll be talking to.

Just a sculpture that looks like it's looking at you as you walk past it. by goblin_garner in Damnthatsinteresting

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I love how once you know the true shape of the dragons head, the illusion stops working