The Effort Report

The Effort Report

By Elizabeth Matsui and Roger PengSociety & CultureScience
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The Effort Report episodes

  • 55 - P-value Thresholds and Establishing Independence

    Elizabeth and Roger talk about the latest controversy over p-value thresholds and establishing an independent professional reputation.

    Show Notes:

    Ethan Weiss Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/ethanjweiss/status/909884793747206144

    Stephen Piccolo blog post: https://awkwardacademic.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/is-data-sharing-really-that-difficult/

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

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    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

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    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

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    1 hr 18 min
  • 54 - Moon Shots, Diversifying Your Portfolio, and Data Sharing

    Elizabeth and Roger talk about what moon shots are really about, if and how to diversify your professional funding portfolio, and data collectors and “data parasites".

    Show Notes:

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 14 min
  • 53 - Career Planning and Academic Metrics Showdown

    Elizabeth and Roger go head-to-head in a contest of academic metrics and also talk about career planning.

    Show Notes:

    Researchers FOIAing grants:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/teresalcarey/when-scientists-foia?utm_term=.lvLwnoLOR#.hk0jmlRAv

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 9 min
  • 52 - Feeling Under Attack and the Academic Metrics Draft

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss being under attack (especially on the Internet) and set the stage for the first ever academic metrics draft.

    Show Notes:

    Chris Kraft lecture: https://youtu.be/Fo8v7juSgRw

    Jeff Leek's post on getting crushed on the Internet: https://simplystatistics.org/2015/11/16/so-you-are-getting-crushed-on-the-internet-the-new-normal-for-academics/

    Academic Metrics List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jeN_a15lwdGnkhxsUHOc5KVysxpuXbtdq7tNQDn1IWI/edit

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 10 min
  • 51 - Teaching Writing

    Elizabeth and Roger talk about their experiences teaching writing and the type of person who might feel most at home in an academic environment.

    Show Notes:

    Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers by M. Zeiger: https://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Writing-Biomedical-Research-Medicine/dp/0071345442

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 4 min
  • 50 - It's a Small World After All

    Elizabeth and Roger talk about how small our respective scientific communities are and the implications across a career and the really hard work of translating scientific evidence into practice or policy.

    Show Notes:

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 7 min
  • 17 - The Personal Politics of Academia

    Elizabeth and Roger talk about the (unexpectedly?) outsized influence of personalities on collaborations and careers.

    Show Notes:

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    44 min
  • 27 - The Specific Aims Page and the Power Structure of Academia

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss strategies for writing the Specific Aims page of a grant and who really has power in academia are topics of discussion for this week's episode.

    Show notes:

    Elizabeth Grant A

    Elizabeth Grant B

    Roger Grant A

    Roger Grant B

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

     

    1 hr 3 min
  • 49 - Debuting the Impact Score

    Elizabeth and Roger debut The Effort Report’s new segment, the Impact Score, in which they review specific aims pages or project overviews from grants.

    Show Notes:

    Liangyuan Hu grant: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B678uTpUfn80aXM5U3NRQ3BfWjg

    Jake Portonova grant: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B678uTpUfn80bHBkMlVYSUV5ZFU

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    1 hr 3 min
  • 48 - The Academic Gas Pedal

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss whether you should go with a light touch with your career or go "pedal to the metal". Also, follow up on sharing grants, administrative positions, pair writing, and email response times. 

    Show Notes:

    Submit to the Effort Report Impact Score: http://theeffortreport.com/2017/06/08/score/

    Effort Report Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17852-the-effort-report-podcast

    Roger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdpeng

    Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethmatsui

    Effort Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theeffortreport

    Get The Art of Data Science: https://leanpub.com/artofdatascience

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://pcr.apple.com/id1133375717

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iz7gvpa3d6qro3btjmfk7g3l2gu

    Find past episodes: http://effortreport.libsyn.com

    Contact us at [email protected]

    59 min

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Professors Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng talk about life in the academic trenches, telling it like it is.