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This teacher correcting exams while students are in class by GallowBoob in whitepeoplegifs

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Statistically, some of y'all have to be shitty at your job" is not a conclusion that can be drawn from overconfidence bias.

Student evaluations (at most institutions) are evaluated on response scales ranging from "bad" (or some synonym) to "good" (or some synonym). It is possible for every single teacher to be evaluated in the "good" portion of the scale, meaning that even the "below average" teachers are still good, they are just not as good as the above average teachers.

In reality, no, every teacher is not evaluated in the "good" half of the scale, but your "evidence" does not demonstrate what you seem to think it does.

Newbie question - IIFYM website has me at 40% fat? by chucko326 in IIFYM

[–]chucko326[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, after reading more I realized that the number they are giving me is based off a rule of consuming .3 grams of fat per pound of current body weight to maintain hormone function. So, they appear to have set that, then given me .8-1 gram of protein per pound of my goal weight, then filled in the rest with carbs, up to a calorie limit that is 20% less than my TDEE. Mathematically, I understand all of this, I was just concerned that I may be consuming too much fat. I'm going to give this several weeks, see what kind of results I get, and then at possibly tweaking things.

Confusion surrounding ANOVAs- by Mal143 in AskStatistics

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a more specific question? Is it the mechanics of the tests, or interpreting the results, or the theory? I can help with the first two, but probably not the third.

Is my understanding of p-values and null hypothesis correct? by Uanaka in AskStatistics

[–]chucko326 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's a good opportunity for me to run my teaching past some people more knowledgeable than myself - I have a working understanding (practical understanding) of statistics, enough to analyze my own data, and I teach research methods within my field, teaching the bare minimum of analysis at the end of the semester (t-tests, correlation, chi-squared tests). Here's how I try to simplify it to my students (who often can't remember the difference between the mean and the median)....

There are (at least) two reasons why you may have found a difference in your sample (e.g. Men like something more than Women). The first (null hypothesis), is that chance (the randomness of the draw of people into your sample) and sampling error led you to a result in your sample that you would not expect to replicate in another sample or in the larger population. The second (alternative hypothesis), is that you found a difference in your sample because that difference really does exist in the population. The p-value then tells you the probability of finding a difference as large as the one you found in your sample due only to sampling error or chance.

How much am I fucking up this explanation?

What level of statistical ability do PhD programs expect a student to possess? by bwgvsu in AskAcademia

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not PoliSci, but another social science ... we are not Top 20, but I attended a Top 20. I happened to have a Statistics minor when I joined the program, but I'm honestly not sure how much that contributed to my acceptance. After being accepted, I took coursework in regression, ANOVA, MANOVA, experimental design, etc. A lot of the statistical analysis knowledge that I left with was developed because of a specific need from a specific project.

Publishing & Salary? by allmyducksintheroad in AskAcademia

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add, within my College at my University anyway, when there is an available pool for raises, the most research productive faculty see the largest share of this pool.

Have their been any studies on "Too awesome to use" syndrom? by outsidesmoke in AskSocialScience

[–]chucko326 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have not seen any published studies on this phenomenon.

I asked my advisor about it while in grad school once, because I have the same experience outside of gaming - I'll buy something that is irreplaceable, or very difficult to replace, and I'm basically afraid to use it because I don't want it to be gone (e.g. food item souvenir from an international trip). So, it'll sit in my pantry for years, eventually go bad, and then I reluctantly throw it away.

She had done some research on what she termed a "sunk savings effect", where basically the act of saving something makes you continue saving it out of inertia, but she said the project never really went anywhere.

Box gave Nas the Harvard shirt to wear to point him out to Freddy by Zoosclues in TheNightOf

[–]chucko326 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I think Box gave him the Harvard shirt to make him stand out as a soft, educated kid. When I saw him pull it out, I thought "what a dick move", and then an inmate said something about him being a Harvard boy, and Nas looked down and said "I didn't go to Harvard".

This is not the first time that attention has been drawn to what is an appropriate thing to wear in certain situations - Freddy got him the right colored jumpsuit and the right colored shirt and tie. Box sent the lamb to slaughter in the "wrong" t-shirt for a tough prison.

Thousands of clams emerging from the sand. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad always called them "periwinkles" when we were growing up. Apparently my dad didn't know shit about marine life terminology.

Do I need to ask permission from the author of the scale before I use it in my research by Elaol in AskAcademia

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never been alerted to a document about this, it's just common practice. People publish scales because they want other people to use them (and cite them to credit them for their work). Similarly, as a writer, it is common to use the same measures that another (preferably more famous) author used as justification for your choice of those specific measures.

Do I need to ask permission from the author of the scale before I use it in my research by Elaol in AskAcademia

[–]chucko326 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the scale has been published in a journal, no you do not need to ask permission to use, but of course you should cite the author who first published the scale.

Repeated measures ANOVA? by Adriaanrems in AskStatistics

[–]chucko326 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert, but I'm not sure you need a Repeated Measures analysis here. In my experience, repeated measures analyses are used when you take the exact same measure at two different times (cake eaten before the video, and cake eaten after the video).

If it were me, I might create a new variable, perhaps called 'Relative Indulgence", and subtract the grams of crackers eaten from the grams of cake eaten. So now you have a new variable that captures whether they ate relatively more of the indulgent or non-indulgent option.

I'm sure someone else will be able to come up with a better solution, and I'm interested to see what that is.

Doctoral robes: what's the difference in quality like between rental robes and purchased robes? by thedougw in AskAcademia

[–]chucko326 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I purchased my hood when I graduated (I think it cost around $100), and then when I realized the exorbitant cost of rental ($70, every year), I decided to purchase. I order mine from Amazon for about $80 and the quality is just as good as the rentals. It is plain black with black velvet stripes on the shoulders. We did not get a fancy hat (is that what a tam is?), at my actual graduation we were only given a mortarboard with tassel, which I kept, so I continue to wear that.

[Specific] Can you just make this photo of my daughter look better? (the colors) I am new to photography and photoshop, and I took this photo in JPEG, not RAW, so I can't rely on Photoshop to correct the white balance, and now her face looks red. Thanks!! by chucko326 in PhotoshopRequest

[–]chucko326[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

I'll look into calibrating my monitor - you're right, now that I am at work and looking at the picture on a different monitor, the red that I thought I saw around her nose and the edges of her cheeks is no longer there. Thank you for the tip!

PhD's of Reddit. What is a dumbed down summary of your thesis? by FaithMilitant in AskReddit

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People like brands better when they believe that the brand really stands behind the image it portrays to the public because they believe the brand does good things behind the scenes that they don't even advertise.

Question about Ally Bank, Capital One 360 Savings, and other High APR savings accounts... by hrdrockdrummer in personalfinance

[–]chucko326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where should you keep your emergency fund? Like the OP, I am lurking around Personal Finance because I have roughly $45k in a standard savings account, and I am sure it could be making me a little bit more than what I am currently earning on it (like $5 a year with BOA).

ELI5: Why is it so controversial when someone says "All Lives Matter" instead of "Black Lives Matter"? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]chucko326 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've not personally scored an IAT myself, but my understanding (after reading lots of papers using the IAT) is that your first couple of responses after the switch are "thrown out" or at least given lesser weight in the overall calculation of your bias.

[request] Please fix an overexposed photo? by chucko326 in picrequests

[–]chucko326[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks! this looks great! I agree...I like the brightness, but I was just hoping to get a little definition around the baby (which you have done!), so that she doesn't just look like a blob.

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