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Monday, December 24, 2012

Three C’s in Science: Correlation, Confound, and Causation


If you want to irritate a scientist, start a loud conversation about how two things are connected and therefore, you know that one causes the other. 

Two ice cream friends!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Fight Night: Tenure vs. Adjunct Professors


Normal Job: you are offered a contract with a salary and benefits. Usually, you can get fired at almost any time, but you have some legal protections to prevent you being treated terribly.

In academia, things are not so normal. The two extremes are tenure and adjunct. This post is a short explanation of the two types along with links.