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    dqz1213dqz got a reaction from Justice4All in Fall 2020 Psychology Acceptances   
    School: University of Notre Dame
    Type of Program: Phd in Quantitative Psychology
    Acceptance Date: 2/12/2020
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to neurologic in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    I can't offer any interview advice, as I'm still an undergrad myself, but I can recommend some papers on SEM and IRT that I read for an undergrad stats class and was able to understand with some work. For SEM: Formulating Clinical Research Hypotheses as Structural Equation Models: A Conceptual Overview (Hoyle & Smith, 1994) and Childhood Social Withdrawal, Interpersonal Impairment and Young Adult Depression: A Mediational Model (Katz et al., 2011). For IRT: An Introduction to Item Response Theory Using the Need for Cognition Scale (Edwards, 2009) and An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Subjective Happiness Scale (O'Connor et al., 2015). The first paper for each explains the concepts and the second paper was used as an example of how SEM or IRT could be applied. Let me know if you can't access the papers or if you need clarification on some points (I'm a bit rusty on the concepts now but I took detailed notes that made a lot of sense at the time). Good luck at your interview!
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to ImAFreudNot in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    I’d also look at and read their most cited papers! Most recent papers are definitely important, but look to see what kind of impact they’ve made in the field. If they developed a method or measure that nobody else used before, or a new way to do something more effectively, etc, that’s important to know as well. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Vanilla Bean in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    Maybe just read the abstracts of all of their 2019 papers, to get a gist of what kind of research their lab has recently been conducting. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to 11082017 in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    You shouldn’t go through all of them in depth. I would just say to be aware of the kind of research he does and focus on recent papers like you mentioned. If some of those pubs are coauthored by his current grad students, maybe look at those to see the kinds of projects you might be working on when you get there. I’ve had a few interviews so far and they’ve all been a bit different but they have all started with generic opener interview questions (tell me a bit about yourself) so have something ready for those. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to 11082017 in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    I got into a Quant Program this cycle and can share my experience and what I did. 
     
    1) read the quant program website for the program you’re applying to. When you come up with questions about the program, make sure they aren’t already answered on the website or the FAQ. 
     
    2) definitely review your previous research and be prepared to talk about the methods you used and why your experience led you to choose a quant program. What was the value you saw in pursuing a quant program vs any other psych sub-field. 
     
    3) continuing on the last one, be prepared to talk about why a quant program is right for you. I spoke a little about how training in quant methods would grant me more freedom to tackle complex research questions. 
     
    4) read your professors work! You don’t have to be an expert but you should be able to ask questions off the top of your head or seem conversational. 
     
    You don’t have to be an expert on the methods your professor is using (you are going to school to learn those after all!) but you should brush up on them and make sure you are not clueless. 
    More than wanting to learn specific methods I talked about why learning about quant methods in general is important to me and to the work I wanted to do down the line.
     
    Those are the things I can come up with off the top of my head. Hope they help. Best of luck!!
     
     
     
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to bht in How to prepare for quantitative psychology phd interviews   
    Hi
    I see what your concerns about. Of course, I do not know what your POI thinks about this issue but generally professors do not want students who are little clones of themselves. I think it is good that your have some common interests and you have some different backgrounds too. This is your room for improving yourself. You can explain your background and research interest. And then you should explain how motivated you are to learn other aspects of it. It would not be realistic to expect from prospective students to know all about literature or all about analysis. On the other hand, I think it would be smart to read about SEM to at least understand to gist of it.
    Best of luck
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Moose#@1%$ in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    Unless you absolutely cannot see yourself doing anything other than academic philosophy, you are better off going to grad school for your other major - Math. Your job prospects are going to be drastically better. If math is something you can see yourself doing at the grad or phd level, then go for that. Or, Carnegie Mellon has an amazing philosophy/math/logic grad program, you should look into that. They are very tough to get in but it might be worth it.
    PS. Carnegie Mellon's grads get jobs all over the place and not just in academia.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to thecodemachine in how will three withdrawals impact my application   
    If I were in your shoes, I would ask for help from your school's math lab. And from your teacher. And from TAs. And if that doesn't work, hire a personal tutor. If that doesn't work, withdraw from the class but keep your textbook. Work through it as if you were taking the class. then take the class again. A "W" is harmless on a transcript.
    If you get a C, you can also retake the class possibly for a higher grade. Did you know the average math bachelors GPA is 2.9?
     
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to brighteyes in how will three withdrawals impact my application   
    I have a total of 26 from my community college years. I got into a PhD program. That's just my personal story, but I thought it would be helpful just to tell you that it is possible.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to dmacfour in should i withdraw from real analysis?   
    For what it's worth, I have at least 7 W's on my transcript and I didn't stop me from being admitted to grad school for psychology or for statistics. In my opinion, there's a lot more room for justifying a W than there is for a grade less than a C. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Stat Assistant Professor in should i withdraw from real analysis?   
    I don't think the W's will be a big deal, as long as your other grades in lower-division math courses were acceptable. You should still be able to get into a Statistics MS/MA program. I could be wrong, but I also don't think you need real analysis for quantitative psychology. You certainly need familiarity with things like SEM, factor analysis, multivariate analysis, etc., but it seems like overkill for psychology students to study the mathematical theory and foundations behind them. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Duns Eith in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    Where are you getting the numbers in bold?
    By the way, @dqz1213dqz, mxhgns's post is precisely what I'm worried about. The fact that you might get tenure might be more based on social factors than on competence and merit. And a WHOLE lot of luck. And that isn't even the only thing.
    There are other problems with academic philosophy aside from poor job prospects and the difficulty of getting hired. It is the explicit and implicit tribalism (analytic vs continental; contemporary vs history; virtue signalling for one's political problem of the day; etc. etc. etc.). The constant infighting within the discipline that isn't just about improving knowledge (everything Leiter-like). The accolades for publication and grants, but not for teaching and improving the lives of students or the public. The utter BS that is some of the publication process. The continued pressure administrations put on the humanities (including, to simply starve the department) which creates precarity even for those who have tenure. Not to mention the enduring power structure that enables people like John Searle and Trent Dougherty, to cite two recent examples.
     
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to maxhgns in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    You will have zero control over where you live for the rest of your life. That's because for every job to which you apply--and you'll be lucky to apply to apply to about 50 TT jobs and 50 non-TT jobs worldwide each year--you will be competing against 650-1200 or so other applicants (although sometimes it's as low as 300, or even just 100 if it's a job that requires you to teach in a language other than English). 
    Unfortunately, you probably won't get a TT job at all. Instead, you'll be working for peanuts and no benefits and teaching way too many classes as a visiting assistant professor or adjunct until you decide that enough is enough, and you want a job outside the academy. IIRC the average pay per-course for adjuncts in the US is about $1700 (and remember, adjuncts end up having to teach at several different institutions to get their ten+ courses a year). VAPs are paid much more, but it's still pretty low--from what I've seen, it's about 30k-40kish, for teaching loads that are usually 3-3 or so. The trouble is that those contracts end after a couple of years, and then you have to move again.
    That's the obligatory "don't go into academic philosophy" speech. There's nothing wrong with getting a PhD in philosophy (provided it's funded), as long as you're aware of the job prospects. If you decide to do a PhD, just remember that (1) you're not special (you really, really aren't; everyone you're competing against for jobs is more or less every bit as good as you are--that's the tragedy), and (2) you should start planning your exit strategy ASAP. Enjoy your time in grad school, but use it to acquire skills and experiences that are marketable and useful outside university settings.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Duns Eith in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    Amen!
    It is easy to understate how going to grad school in philosophy can mess up your life. Economically, socially, psychologically, emotionally.... spiritually. Seriously. Many of those who do well don't really do well.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Prose in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    You should definitely not be thinking about applying if you haven't talked to a philosophy professor about this yet. The short of the long is: it's terrible. It's not something you do just because you think it'll be a good thing to do after you graduate, or because you don't know what else to do. Just talk to an actual philosophy professor about it. It's well known how bad the situation is in academic philosophy.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to The_Last_Thylacine in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    I go to Texas Tech's terminal MA program. The funding is enough to cover rent, groceries, a health cooperative payment, gas, utilities and the tuition remnant left over from the tuition remission. If you want to pursue graduate school in philosophy without taking out a loan, I'd certainly recommend Texas Tech. I live quite comfortably.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to PokePsych in Thinking about quantitative psych (Applying next fall)   
    If you want to do quant, it may also be worthwhile to take some stats/maths focused classes. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to PsyDuck90 in Thinking about quantitative psych (Applying next fall)   
    To become competitive, you want to gain more research experience. You want to be as active in research as possible, and try to get a poster or two presented at a conference. Changing one of your majors may not necessarily change anything. You just want to make sure you've taken the pre-requisites that psych programs want to see. You can most likely get those as the minor, but I would look into it a bit further. 
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to Prose in Any chance to get into funded MA programs?   
    1) what is a public ivy league institution??
    2) funded masters programs are hard to get but theyre out there (see: http://dailynous.com/2015/11/18/ma-programs-in-philosophy-fund-students/ )
    3) some programs are generally unfunded but you can luck out and get random merit funding (my case at the moment)
    4) no its definitely not too late just:
    -get good grades next term
    -perfect your writing sample
    -obligatory <dont go into academic philosophy>
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to MutedSeraph in [need some advices] non psych major applying for phd in quantitative psychology   
    It is not uncommon for Quant. applicants to be from more mathematically-oriented fields such as pure mathematics, econometrics, or physics.
    I would focus on developing your substantive interest and exploring the quantitative work that's been done on that or related topics and seeing how your experience will give you an edge over traditional psychology folk.
    I would go so far to say that you have the advantage coming to Quant. programs than traditional psychology students since they are generally more mathematically inclined anyway.
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    dqz1213dqz reacted to davidlv in [need some advices] non psych major applying for phd in quantitative psychology   
    I am an international student from China. I have a B.S. in statistics, a B.A. in economics and a M.A. in economics of education, and I have very limited background in psychology (I have only taken introductory psychology, social psychology, organizational psychology and educational measurement, 4 courses only), while I was still admitted by several programs in this area.
    I think it is OK that you are not a student in psychology, since this field is not that close to other areas of psychology. Do not worry, and you can find that many faculty members in this field do not have a background in psychology as well. Someone even told me that quantitative psychology is more like a program in applied statistics. I suggest you take some courses in statistics, such as mathematical statistics, regression analysis, multivariate analysis, experimental design.
    You should think a lot about your own research interests. People in this field are studying a lot of different things: fMRI data analysis, multilevel models, structural equation modeling, longitudinal analysis, causal inference, program evaluation, item response theory, large-scale assessment... Some of these topics are actually not that close to others, but they are all within quantitative psychology.
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