{"id":232,"date":"2018-08-05T13:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T20:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/david-rothwell\/?p=232"},"modified":"2019-05-01T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:39:34","slug":"tips-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/david-rothwell\/2018\/08\/05\/tips-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips and resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve compiled resources to help graduate students succeed. I&#8217;ve come across several more recent posts that provide new and different resources. I include them here as a list of resources to avoid searching for them every time. More recent posts appear first.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Agan compiled list of resources for writing, presenting, and reviewing: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/amandayagan\/writingadvice\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehauer\/status\/1021179403680862218\">Twitter thread<\/a> compiled by Mathew E. Hauer will help you learn the basics of open-access and reproducible research (<a href=\"https:\/\/mathewhauer.github.io\/RESOURCES\/starter_resources.pdf\">full list here<\/a>). Even if you are not ready to make the jump to R, the philosophy is the future of social science.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/writingforresearch\/2017\/07\/17\/how-to-write-paragraphs-in-research-texts-articles-books-and-phds\/\">How to write paragraphs.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 From the LSE Impact blog<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/u.osu.edu\/adventuresinhdfs\/2018\/05\/10\/how-to-succeed-in-college\/\">Study, productivity, and self-care tips<\/a> from Claire Kamp Dush:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/impactofsocialsciences\/2018\/07\/18\/mastering-the-art-of-the-narrative-using-stories-to-shape-public-policy\/\">How to tell the policy narrative<\/a>, by my OSU colleague Michael Jones:<\/p>\n<p>Identify scholars who have given this considerable thought. <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisblattman.com\/teaching\/\">Chris Blattman<\/a>\u00a0(see professional Advice section) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raulpacheco.org\/\">Raul Pacheco-Vega<\/a> come to mind. Raul&#8217;s posts the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raulpacheco.org\/2018\/08\/the-dissertation-two-pager-a-strategy-to-sustain-a-big-picture-view-of-a-doctoral-thesis\/\">dissertation two pager<\/a> will help most students focus on the essentials.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/10\/smarter-living\/the-case-for-hobbies-ideas.html\">have a hobby or two.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some resources by Hugh Kearns and Maria Gardiner (via Megan McClelland) on the 7 Secrets of successful grad students. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/david-rothwell\/files\/2018\/08\/Kearns.Gardiner.2011.7Secrets.pdf\">Kearns.Gardiner.2011.7Secrets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/david-rothwell\/files\/2018\/08\/Kearns.Gardiner.2011.Advisor.pdf\">Kearns.Gardiner.2011.Advisor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/david-rothwell\/files\/2018\/08\/Kearns.Gardiner.2011.Motivation.pdf\">Kearns.Gardiner.2011.Motivation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I intend to update this page with other resources. Let me know if you have others I should add or if the links are broken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve compiled resources to help graduate students succeed. I&#8217;ve come across several more recent posts that provide new and different resources. I include them here as a list of resources to avoid searching for them every time. More recent posts appear first. 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