Economist on "Dean Susan Collins warned all Weill Hall personnels against...
I don't know the exact reason, but I heard through the grapevine that Susan Collins warned all Weill Hall personnels against posting any information on EJMR (actually SJMR too, because of discussion...
View ArticleEconomist on ""Keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans""
That's what passes for great musical lyrics these days.
View ArticleEconomist on "I know it's difficult for adults to learn a foreign language"
but I find it unacceptable that Asians with thick accents and who struggle mightily with English are getting tenure-track jobs in decent schools. At least require them to learn English for...
View ArticleEconomist on "I'm getting amazing an R-squared, high enough for Harvard I think"
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View ArticleEconomist on "The Big Flaw With the Conley and Onder (2014) Ph.D. Research...
...is that they divide coauthored works by the number of authors. This causes them to severely underestimate research productivity. For example, an AER authored by three graduate students would...
View ArticleEconomist on "How much does your program make people teach."
My very low ranked program makes2rd and 4th year students teach a 2-2 load. Same course though. Is this more than normal?
View ArticleEconomist on "Development Economics In A Nutshell"
Society adopts rule of law and property rights, which gives people an incentive to invest long term.This causes people to have sufficient surplus so that children can go to school.These educated...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is sociology just a dump for Down's syndrome retards or what?"
Columbia University, admitted PhD students, GRE scores (normalized at 0=130, 40=170)Chemistry Verbal 32-36 Quant 31-35Economics Verbal 33-37 Quant 33-37History Verbal 35-39 Quant 22-26Mathematics...
View ArticleEconomist on "Min wage doesn't hurt employment figures"
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/state-jobless-rate-stays-steady-at-53-percent-in-august/Discuss.
View ArticleEconomist on "Imbens and Rubin Amazon reviews. . . seems fishy"
Anyone notice that there are no true reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Causal-Inference-Statistics-Biomedical-Sciences/product-reviews/0521885884/All of the "reviews" are empty platitudes of praise. Did...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why don't colleges offer more scholarships?"
To students with ok grades, but who can't afford the tuition or living costs?Think about it. You pay an undergrad a 20k per year scholarship, but defer their 30k per year tuition. They graduate from a...
View ArticleEconomist on "In defense of sociology"
As universities continue to pursue a diverse student population, it's important that we have some fields taught by faculty who sympathize with the analytically challenged. You know those students in...
View ArticleEconomist on "The most influential economist, by far, is Milton Friedman....
Milton Friedman directly influenced Singapore, Hong Kong, Estonia, China and Chile. He helped transform countries from being proles to being economic powers. Can you name anyone else who has even half...
View ArticleEconomist on "What weight will EMJR "good" counts be given in tenure decision?"
AP here. I've been focusing a substantial portion of my efforts the last few years padding my EMJR "good" stats in anticipation of my tenure decision. I'm sure they will put me over the top. But what...
View ArticleEconomist on "Did you order the Desk Rejection?"
Young AP: *Professor Barro, did you order the Desk Rejection?* Judge Mankiw: You *don't* have to answer that question! Professor Barro: I'll answer the question! [to Young AP] Professor Barro: You want...
View ArticleEconomist on "Economics has highest average GRE of all Duke departments"
Imported from the thread making fun of sociology PhDs. The Duke numbers, scraped from https://gradschool.duke.edu/about/program-statistics, are useful because few other decent universities seem to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Data science is pseudoscience"
I am trying to compile links and resources demonstrating that data science is pseudoscience.This is what I have so...
View ArticleEconomist on "MIT suicide of 3rd year"
Just got the news. This is terrible. Reach out to those around you, especially if they might be struggling.
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