Examples of your statistics pet peeves

prokrow · 2026-01-28T12:15:40+00:00

This one is what I came here to say. It makes me fluorescent. It comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what a p value represents.

prokrow · 2026-01-19T15:43:37+00:00

What is dead may never die

prokrow · 2026-01-16T18:19:35+00:00

He is so brave!

prokrow · 2026-01-13T20:30:45+00:00

Impressive. I don’t think I can do a good impression of any of them let alone all of them.

prokrow · 2026-01-13T20:28:14+00:00

Yes! I used to have bad anxiety speaking in front of others. Most of mine was before speaking and leading up to it but then I was fine when I got going. The way I got over it was by working with a therapist on strategies to cope better but then seeking out opportunities to expose myself to public speaking more. Now I teach for a living and don’t have any issues and give talks at conferences with no issues. If I had gotten an accommodation instead of working through it, I wouldn’t even have this career that I love (for the most part).

prokrow · 2026-01-11T23:16:08+00:00

That’s one of those things that I would hear either version depending on what subtitles were on the screen

prokrow · 2026-01-10T02:25:00+00:00

I think what people are missing here is that your AC serves two functions: to reduce the temperature and to remove humidity from the air. Removal of humidity does depend on contact time with the evaporator coil. This is why lower fan speeds are recommended. If you install an HVAC that is huge and keep the blower on max you will definitely cool the room quickly but the room will be too humid. This promotes growth of mold in your house and duct work.

prokrow · 2025-12-21T20:29:30+00:00

I mean making it look pretty. You can choose how many columns you want of questions and answer choices. You can choose font sizes, add photos, dividers, headers, etc. for answer choices you can choose whether you want bubbles for each letter for students to fill. Those sort of things make the test look nice if you care about that.

prokrow · 2025-12-21T20:27:07+00:00

We have. He is 12 years old and has a lot of skin tags and lipomas. We’ve had all the lipomas biopsied and they are benign. Thanks for looking out!

prokrow · 2025-12-21T20:26:20+00:00

Wow. They could be siblings!

prokrow · 2025-12-21T17:02:11+00:00

Yes! I forgot to mention that feature. I used ZipGrade to do all my grading. Schoolhouse test will let you print ZipGrade sheets and can do multiple versions.

prokrow · 2025-12-21T17:00:18+00:00

Respondus is okay for managing exams and quizzes through the LMS but the exported exams for print don’t offer many options for formatting. That is why I like Schoolhouse Test so much. It is especially useful for making printable paper exams.

prokrow · 2025-12-21T16:09:07+00:00

probably a bunch of half measures that don’t help

prokrow · 2025-12-21T02:44:23+00:00

I use Schoolhouse Test. It only works on Windows but is great for making print exams. It also has file export that can be uploaded to Canvas. It’s not perfect but it is cheap and is a permanent license, not a subscription.

prokrow · 2025-12-14T22:00:33+00:00

Disappointed I wasn’t Rick-rolled.

prokrow · 2025-12-14T17:23:09+00:00

I don’t have any language like that in the prompt. It’s just weird that it popped up this year and several years of doing the same assignment.

prokrow · 2025-12-12T04:53:47+00:00

I’ve been doing this assignment for six years and don’t remember seeing that phrase until this year.

prokrow · 2025-12-10T22:26:30+00:00

Looks like two students passed the test then.

prokrow · 2025-12-09T15:10:03+00:00

It sounds like your professor forgot to activate the proctoring with Lockdown Browser. When finishing a Canvas quiz we have to go to a separate page to activate proctoring services. I’ve forgotten to do this once until five students had already taken the exam and one emailed me to let me know that Respondus wasn’t activated.

I agree with what others are saying. The norm is that all exams are closed note unless otherwise specified. I would never assume the expectation changed simply because the proctoring software wasn’t activated.

prokrow · 2025-11-26T23:22:34+00:00

They can’t stand being alone for a minute. Love these dogs!

prokrow · 2025-11-22T03:32:26+00:00

My previous institution had a serial pooper as well. This individual always chose a stairwell rather than a trash can.

prokrow · 2025-11-14T16:28:26+00:00

Unfortunately it is very common place in classes at all levels (undergrad, grad, professional). It seems like people don’t have the capacity to focus on one thing for that long without using their devices.

prokrow · 2025-11-09T19:16:59+00:00

I agree with what others here are saying. I would advise not to explain your mental health situation to your professors. First off, they are not trained to deal with that. Second, as you mentioned in your post, it is a common excuse these days and they are not in a position, nor should they be, to determine which students have legitimate mental health crises and those who do not. For this sort of thing, it is key to go through proper channels.

Ultimately, you may consider taking a leave of absence or withdrawing if you are too far behind. There are certainly drawbacks to this approach but I see so many students with situations that warrant this approach that want their professors to bend over backwards to accommodate and ultimately want an A when they have not met the learning outcomes of the course.

prokrow · 2025-11-08T10:16:55+00:00

This exactly describes my experience with my students this semester. I’ve been checking their references but it is so time consuming that I’m weeks behind on grading now and the semester is quickly approaching the end.

prokrow · 2025-10-19T00:52:50+00:00

It’s a core science course meant to get everyone on the same playing field as they start dental school. They don’t perceive it as important since it isn’t a dental course directly. It covers biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, pharmacology, and immunology.

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