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[Research] When Results Don’t Come Out as Expected

Posted on January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 by admin

I love research but sometimes after almost a year of work the results don’t pan out. We realized that the data that we received was dirty. Of course…most data is dirty or at least needs to be cleaned somewhat- But we didn’t check as much because the organization that gave Continue Reading

[Research] How to Code Well

Posted on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 by admin

Coding- If your discipline has some quantitative approach then some statistical program will be your best friend for many many years- For me STATA is my best friend. Accounting uses SAS a lot but finance and economics use a lot of STATA. I just happened to use STATA because I Continue Reading

[Research] PAPER PRESSURE-

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by admin

Wow- It has been a busy few days- My son had to go to the hospital- Thankful for the doctors- Then I realized that there is a paper that is looking into something similar that I am doing- Great minds think alike? May be? But I need to get the Continue Reading

[Research] Musk’s Scientific Approach to COVID19 Testing

Posted on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 by admin

Musk has been tested four times using the same machine, same test, and same nurse and got two positive and two negative results- This is what I call a good controlled experiment. Everything is constant but the rapid test gave unreliable results- Therefore rapid testing has issues. Of course, given Continue Reading

[Research] Effect of Childcare on the Academic Tenure-Track Gender Gap

Posted on November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 by admin

Internet is so awesome. Today, I found a working paper posted on Twitter about the gender gap in the biological sciences. The paper shows that female biological scientists taking time off to give birth and child care leads to loss in research productive, resulting in less tenure track positions and Continue Reading

[Research] Hal Varian’s Experiment about Google

Posted on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

Today, I would like to review some of the clever experiments that I liked. One experiment is straightforward and super effective. Hal Varian, chief economist of Google, designed an experiment where students were randomly assigned to do research on a topic. One group used Google and the group used library Continue Reading

[Research] Amazon Prime Day Deals for PhDs and Researchers

Posted on October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 by admin

Good old PhD days, where I made budget stretch- By grace of God, I have survived and graduated. Thank You Jesus for all Your love and mercy. So today is Amazon Prime Day 2020– A great day to browse online all the things that you wanted to buy but you Continue Reading

[Research] How to Choose Your Advisor-

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by admin

Another question that I get asked a lot- I mean really a lot is how do you choose your advisor- Well, in my case, I was chosen by my advisor- Pretty funny but true. My advisor sought me out- Ah- I worked so hard. I am still so thankful for Continue Reading

[Research] Should I Work on the Weekends?

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by admin

One of the most common questions that I get from those who just started the PhD or want to join the PhD is can I take weekends off? The answer is of course you can. This is a free society- It’s PhD not slavery- Even slaves had to rest. Then Continue Reading

[Research] Optimal Amount of Papers to Read

Posted on October 4, 2020 by admin

I often get lot of questions about research. So today I will answer the first question- How many papers should a PhD student read in a week? Good question- Well, it depends on your discipline, program, and your area of research. In accounting/finance/economics, reading 4-5 papers a week should suffice. Continue Reading