
{"id":2590,"date":"2019-05-15T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-a-statistician\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:35:18","slug":"a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-a-statistician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-a-statistician","title":{"rendered":"A typical day in the life of a statistician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I hope everyone checked out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sweetteascience.com\/2017\/02\/12\/this-blog-is-about-my-life-acutallivingscientist\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Rachel\u2019s* last post<\/a>. It really refueled my own motivation tank, and, when combined with the cool Snapchat time-filter photos I love on Insta, I came up with this lovely \u2018Day in the Life\u2019 post. Three years into my statistics PhD and I\u2019m finally starting to get a feel for what a \u2018typical\u2019 day means for me. My life is currently a balancing act between research, class, teaching, and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:null;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Real Life\u2122<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">. Sound familiar? Not every day is the same; not every week is the same. I love how my schedule is very flexible in regard to what and where I get to work. Last Friday I photo-documented my day, so I could bring everyone along with me. Check it out<\/p>\n<p><b>Wake up time:\u00a0<\/b>I tell myself every night that I\u2019m going to wake up at 7 am, so I can be super productive in the morning. Ideally, 7-9 am would consist of working out, nomming breakfast, then getting super cute for the day. I did not wake up at 7 am today. Today was a second alarm, one-snooze kinda morning. This is pretty typical, and if I\u2019m honest, it\u2019s a little earlier than normal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228152%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%201.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Morning yoga:<\/b>\u00a0My partner Benjamin and I are currently emerging from our winter hibernation into some spring activity. I always feel better when I get some exercise in a few days a week, but it\u2019s really difficult to remember that when I\u2019m warm under the covers. STS (<em>Sweet Tea Science<\/em>)\u00a0favorite and fellow blogger Beth of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/findingdelight.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Finding Delight,<\/a>\u00a0had\u00a0recommended\u00a0<i>Adrienne\u2019s 30 Days of Yoga<\/i>\u00a0series on Youtube. It\u2019s great for beginners (or out-of-practicers, like me), and the videos range from 15 to 30 minutes. Adrienne is\u00a0<i>my girl<\/i>. I love her goofiness, her wild Tiger leggings, and how she\u00a0<i>totally gets<\/i>\u00a0how I feel about ab work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228153%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%202.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Twitter science:\u00a0<\/b>Often, I try to spend a few hours in the morning working on my research. I\u2019ll either stay home, head to a nearby coffee shop to check the code I had running, or write up some new model I\u2019m developing. The rest of this morning, however, was a great combination of showering\/getting ready to head to campus and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SciComm&amp;src=typd\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SciComm<\/a>\u00a0event of the semester! Auriel Fournier (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RallidaeRule\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">@RallidaeRule<\/a>) live-tweeted, live-streamed her thesis defense.\u00a0<i>How cool is that?\u00a0<\/i>So many STEM tweeps were checking this out and tweeting about it that its hashtag,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MORailsDefense?src=hash\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">#MORailsDefense<\/a>\u00a0was even trending for a while! I very much recommend checking it out and STEM Twitter in general.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228154%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%203.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Teaching day selfie<\/b>: Gotta look good for teaching day! Especially on the first 70\u02da day\u2026 in\u00a0February.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228155%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%204.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Pok\u00e9Walk to campus:\u00a0<\/b>My walk to campus typically weaves through a few PokeGyms. Gotta walk those eggs and champion those gyms! It\u2019s hard to be a State College Gen 1 (US-region) Pok\u00e9mon Master, but someone (ME) has to do it. Gonna be the very best.\u00a0<i> <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Stat 100 office hour:\u00a0<\/b>I\u2019m very excited to have my first real statistics course to teach. Typically, graduate students in my department have grading assistantships or teaching assistantships, where they teach\u00a0the lab sections for classes. I was assigned to TA for Stat 100, but since the professor does a lot of statistics education research, he prefers to work with the students in the lab \u2013 that means that lectures are all me! I lecture on Mondays and Fridays, grade part of the online homework, and hold office hours, also on Monday\/Friday. Lecturing to 100+ students has been intimidating, but I\u2019m enjoying the new challenge and the familiar faces of my regulars at office hours.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228156%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%205.jpeg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Lunchtime feeding<\/b>: The Stat Department\u2019s graduate student lounge is usually pretty hopping around lunch time. We commiserate, offer support, scrounge for ice cream, and shovel peanut butter. That last one might be mostly me. Or the last two.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228157%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%206.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Stat 100 grading:\u00a0<\/b>I have a marathon grading session later, but I figured I can take advantage of a spare hour or so to get a head start. Generally, I work on research in the mornings, and in the afternoon I split between Stat 100 responsibilities and homework for my own course.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Stealing a few moments:<\/b>\u00a0I try and break up my afternoons with the occasional walk<br \/>around campus. Today is the nicest day of the year, thus far, so I left early for my class so that I could enjoy the sunlight. Finding the little opportunities for enjoyment during the day is\u00a0<i>essential<\/i>\u00a0to keep sane. One of my favorite go-to spots to walk is the nearby Arboretum. Lovely plants\u2026 and lovely Pok\u00e9mon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228158%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%207.jpeg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Class time:\u00a0<\/b>After two years of overwhelming coursework and qualifying exam studying, I finally have a delightfully light course load this semester. I\u2019m hoping to get a lot done on my current research project this semester; ideally, enough to get a paper out by May. So\u00a0I\u2019ve only signed up for one (required) class and a bunch of research hours. This advanced statistical inference course is a whole lot of super theoretical expansions of some fairly basic concepts. I am not a fan of super theoretical expansions. I have no idea what\u2019s going on, on this black board.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"responsive\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228159%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%208.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>Stat 100 teaching:\u00a0<\/b>Class time! The kiddos have a midterm on Monday, so we went over the practice midterm the entire time. I accidentally misled them twice when going over practice problems, but owned up to my mistakes. I hope they don\u2019t judge me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228160%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%209.jpeg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>5:00 somewhere:<\/b>\u00a0Benjamin had beers waiting for me when I got home. We drank, snuggled, Netflixed, and ignored grading until the next morning. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I really enjoyed documenting and sharing my day. I\u2019d love to peek in on everyone else\u2019s lives in the lab, field, office, coffee shop workspace, etc. Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #LifeInSTEM! Then, rest easy knowing Rachel and I are totally peeping your business!<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" class=\"center\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228161%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20typical%20day%20in%20the%20life%20of%20a%20statistician%20image%2010.jpeg\" style=\"\" title=\"Default Title Text\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/rachel-wigginton\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Rachel Wigginton<\/a>, who co-owns the Sweet Tea Science blog along with Meridith.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Meridith Bartley (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlwaysScientist\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>@<\/i><i>AlwaysScientist<\/i><\/a><i>) is a <span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">PhD candidate at Penn State University. This story was published on March 4, 2017, on Meridith\u2019s blog, <\/span><\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sweetteascience.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i><span style=\"background:white\">Sweet Tea, Science<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:black\"> (available <\/span><\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/sweetteascience.com\/2017\/03\/04\/day-in-the-phd-life-statistician\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i><span style=\"background:white\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">) and has been republished here with permission.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone checked out\u00a0Rachel\u2019s* last post. It really refueled my own motivation tank, and, when combined with the cool Snapchat time-filter photos I love on Insta, I came up with this lovely \u2018Day in the Life\u2019 post. 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