How do you feel about paying Open Access Publishing Fees?

It seems that each week I get invited to submit a manuscript to some open access journal. Then comes the reality, and it is a massive publishing fee. Some journal have the open access as an...

02 March 2018 2,625 8 View

How do you separate doing research from politics?

This was just published on a possible murder "for doing research". http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42821199

31 December 2017 2,259 1 View

Converting data into ranks: what really happens?

I admit that I have been converting raw data into normal scores or normal quantiles for further analysis. There are many supporters of such a ranking methodology and there seem to exist many more...

10 November 2017 5,615 5 View

When would you keep the intercept?

In a simple linear regression sometimes the intercept is not significant, and the question is whether you would keep the intercept term or not. What would influence your decision? The sample size?...

09 October 2017 6,411 27 View

How can we compare regression models with transformed response variables?

07 August 2017 318 5 View

What is the Altmetric Score for your last published manuscript? Do you even care for it?

I am curious how you view the importance or lack of importance of the Altmetric Score for the dissemination rate of your published article. Is it important or maybe useful or should researchers...

07 August 2017 9,324 4 View

To recent Ph.D. recipients or Ph.D. students: Do you wish you had taken more statistics courses?

I recall how I felt about some statistics courses which I did not take in my Ph.D. coursework in Statistics, and I while I was happy to have graduated then with a Ph.D., I sometimes wished I had...

02 March 2017 9,359 8 View

Do you publish articles with Master's students?

It is not easy to publish articles in peer reviewed journals in Mathematical Science. If you work in a department that includes a graduate program at the Master's level and at the Ph.D. level....

02 March 2017 460 2 View

Did you face a struggle whether you work with the government or industry, versus joining a university as professor?

What was your experience in making the decision which area to pick for employment?

10 November 2015 4,848 0 View

What is Data Science, in your view?

09 October 2015 5,984 4 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

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Hi, I have several doubts about one paper (Systematic Literature Review) that was rejected. The main topic is Single-Board Computers in engineering education during the period 2010-2020. The...

01 March 2021 9,015 3 View

Any suggestions for a website that allows you to create questionnaires and gather unlimited data (Totally free)?

I have found only four of them; www.surveyplanet.com www.online-anket.gen.tr www.surveey.com and of course google forms. Expecting to see your suggestions if there is any. Thank you

28 February 2021 3,237 3 View

Do I need to ask permission to use pictures for my questionnaire?

I would like to use some photo from a government website for my questionnaire. But, different photo is from the different owner. So, should I just get permission from that government body or still...

23 February 2021 1,631 3 View

How can I get the coding gene sequences of Hela and U2OS cell lines? Is mRNA sequence of Hsp90 alpha tissue specific??

I am looking for hsp90 mRNA sequence in Hela and U2OS cell lines, I have tried through ncbi but always the output is hsp90 in homo sapiens not in the specific cell line. Kindly, could any one...

22 February 2021 1,853 3 View

How do you interpret multiple meta-regression in STATA?

Please could someone recommend a resource that explains performing meta-regression with multiple moderators. I have read the STATA META ANALYSIS REFERENCE MANUAL, but this only gives examples of...

17 February 2021 7,376 1 View

Can anyone pls provide me information regarding the libraries where from i can get the absorption data of different materials used in solar cells??

I want to create .abs file ( absorption) for simulating solar cell in SCAPS. Can anyone pls provide me information regarding the libraries (websites) where from i can get the absorption data of...

10 February 2021 6,034 7 View

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency & NSAIDs - is this combination harmless ?

G6PD deficiency is quite common in our anesthesia practice in the middle east. Intraop/postop analgesia in them is an issue here. Many websites/books give contrasting advise with former advocating...

10 February 2021 4,817 3 View

Up to what extent website personalization can help in creating urge to buy impulsively?

Up to what extent website personalization can help in creating urge to buy impulsively? The digital transformation is making most of the organizations to go online and start doing business through...

09 February 2021 4,430 6 View