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9631994 No.9631994 [Reply] [Original]

>Be me, PhD student
>Writing paper for a journal about some research I’ve recently done with my supervisors
>Some of the data is exponential, plot it on a graph where the vertical axis has a log scale so that the exponential relationship can be easily verified
>Supervisors completely baffled
>”Why did you plot it as a straight line if it’s exponential?”
>Spend the next hour trying to explain about log scales and exponential functions to them
>”Anon, you should plot it as an exponential curve, it’s not linear”

Mfw

>> No.9631998

this didn't happen

>> No.9631999

>>9631998
It did 100%

>> No.9632000

>>9631994
is your supervisor female?

>> No.9632003

>>9631994
I'm guessing medicine or psychology?

>> No.9632006

>>9632000
>>9632003
No and no

>> No.9632007
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>>9631998
seconding this, it's too funny to be true.

>> No.9632008

>>9631994
your advisors are fucking brainlets and need to be exposed. tell us their names.

>> No.9632011

>>9632006
wow
is your supervisor foreign?

>> No.9632021

>supervisors being total dumbasses

t. University of Georgia

>> No.9632024
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>>9631994
>needing an hour to explain log plot

>> No.9632220

>>9631994
u in the sociology dept?

>> No.9632258

>emailed advisor telling him i applied for a grant he forwarded to me
>emails me back "I will be in tomorrow"
the fuck is that supposed to mean i'm sick of this power move shit every day i get closer to quitting

>> No.9632265

>>9631994
What subject?
If it is something STEM-related, I would try to find a new supervisor.

>> No.9632266

>>9632258
That's just means he wants to talk. It's ambiguous. Dont lose your spaghetti

>> No.9632280

>>9632258
>>9632266
It kind of isn't just a surface level thing. Whether his superior wants to or not he is demonstrating to Anon that he is dismissing him until later, he could have said "Alright" or something more affirmative. However, if done intentionally then yes it is a power move done by superiors to relocate their subordinates to a position of inferiority and keep them in check.

>> No.9632301

>>9632258
authoritarian trying to keep you under his thumb bc hes insecure about himself. classic situation. feel sorry for you anon, hope you make it.

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>>9632301
at what point does the grad student have more power? because it's pretty much just gonna be me in his group soon because he scared everyone else off.

>> No.9632330

>>9632313
um. well. whats your situation? year? funding, etc. ill list some ideas

1 When you can bring in funding on your own
2 If you apply for a different program and get in
3 If youre the last one left and your advisor needs your help on something
4 If you talk to another advisor and get accepted into their research group

You could complain to the department or school about him. Is there anything unethical or illegal he's done?

People like him are incredibly hard to deal with. Ive dealt with more than one, including my parents. The problem is its basically impossible to get them to cool down/back off since they feel the need for aggressive control and take everything as a personal attack.

But idk how bad your prof is. Id have to know more. He may later snub you of credit for research or something

>> No.9632348

>>9632258
it means you'll talk about it in person with him tomorrow, dumbass

>> No.9632355
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9632355

>>9632348
tomorrow's saturday on easter weekend god dammit

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9632370

>>9631994
>>9632258
>>9632280
>>9632301
This is why I only work with chinese, female or hippie advisors. Theyre there to genuinely help you learn and arent power hungry and they always know their shit. Even better when theyre interested in education research in their field

>> No.9632896

>>9631994
>”Anon, you should plot it as an exponential curve, it’s not linear”
Fucking lost it

>> No.9633342

>>9631994
Tell us your institute so we can all avoid that place! At least say the state.

>> No.9633605

>>9631999
Post graph faggot

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9633703

>research class
>a pair of engineers are my teachers
>be explaining my thesis
>talking about parsing and shift/reduce and reduce/reduce errors
>questions time
>"anon, how will you measure those errors?"
>"as I explained, those errors are concepts"
>"yes, but what method of measurement will you use? You'll have to present your data and statistics in order to proove your approximation is better than those alread used"
>mfw after half an hour he could not understand a concept could be called "error"
>mfw the fucking teacher wanted me to show him a ruler, a scales or something alike to measure those "errors".

>> No.9633731

>>9632370
>chinese
>female
>not power hungry

>> No.9633755

>>9631994
Man, young advisers are the worst.

>> No.9633765

>>9631994

what field is your PhD in anon? There is no way it is science or math

>> No.9633766

>>9632258
emails are binding documents nowadays

>> No.9633769

>>9633703
>proooooooove the groooooooove

>> No.9633896

>>9633703
Phd students have more education than engineers so I see nothing wrong here

>> No.9634370

>>9631994
You must study biology or some shit