Questions tagged [statistics]
On the use of statistics in academic research. Statistics is the science of collecting, analyzing and drawing inference from data. Do not use this tag for questions about 'statistics' as a subdiscipline of mathematics or field of study; use 'mathematics' instead.
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Inferentials in Non-hypothesis Testing Research. How fitting? [closed]
If a researcher conducted a research study with research questions, of course, but no hypotheses to test, would it be fine to carry out inferential statistics, e.g., a correlation test, a Kruskal-...
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Comparing my results with those of the previous studies
I would like to present the differences between the results of my study and those from other previous studies since I do not have any control/comparison group in my study design, but still want to ...
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Is it common to email researchers to "sell" your work?
I recently read a paper with a research direction similar to mine. The paper builds an extension for a class of models that is very similar to the one I've been developing, but the paper doesn't ...
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Great recommendations from people not in the field, or ok to decent recommendations from those in it? [closed]
I'm planning on applying this fall to several statistics/biostatistics grad programs (probably Master's, maybe PhD; still deciding) and I'm trying to get the best recommendation letters I can.
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Applying to PhD programs with only 3 years of undergrad in the US [duplicate]
I am an undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in statistics. I can graduate in three years because of high school credits. I originally thought I should add another major or just take lots of extra ...
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Should I publish my statistical model derivation as stand alone statistics paper?
In a current project of mine, I analyze a certain probability distribution to model a biological process. This probability distribution is not "mainstream", but it is relevant enough to have ...
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Why do statistics journals generally have low impact factors, long publication times, and low acceptance rates?
I've been investigating statistics journals to submit my work to (specifically, an application paper). Many journals are specialized, others quite general.
However, I've noticed that top journals in ...
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Undergraduate research on statistics as a 1st year [duplicate]
I'm in the 1st year of a 4 year bachelor's degree, majoring in statistics. I'm interested in probability theory and want to start research or any kind of research project. I know very little: just ...
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Question about Proof Details of a Preprint Paper
I am an undergraduate majoring in mathematics and I am currently working on a paper with a professor oversea.
I found that there might be a proof I cannot understand on the statistic paper on arxiv he ...
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Is writing papers with a complex statistical methodology worth it? [closed]
I published several medical meta-analysis papers in high-profile journals using advanced methodology that, to my eye, should be most interesting to many people in my field. However, I noticed that:
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Why are not more sophisticated algorithms used to handle the fake paper problem of the science? [closed]
Talking a lot about people in the academic world, I experienced a general unsatisfiedness of the customs of how the funding agencies (mostly, governmental entities) measure the scientific results. ...
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Choosing a benchmark
I am a professor currently involved in our accreditation application. In one section of the application, I must define our program strengths based on statistical data. Our statistical data is ...
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Statistics on the number of PhD/postdoc by Professor across fields/universities/countries?
I am wondering whether there are some available sources for statistics on the average number of PhD students and postdocs by Professor/supervisor across different fields, universities or countries?
I ...
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Thesis Data Collection Mistake
I am currently undergoing my psychology thesis (4th year) in Australia, and have just finished data collection. I have just realised that between myself and my group, 2/3 of the questionnaires used ...
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Never took a second stats class in my Ph.D. How will this look to employers?
I posted here yesterday for a totally different reason, so I'll be brief on the introductory piece. I'm a 4th year Ph.D student in Experimental Psychology who is slated to graduate this academic year. ...
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