Don’t think the two are comparable as ‘either or’. You may need programming to help get data in the first place- but if you can’t communicate and it’s need in some fashion, then the perceived value drops exponentially.
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Replying to @keithmobrien @ekd1v07 and
Good point. Important to build up all skills as a researcher from programming, to using statistics to writing effectively for both an academic & also general audiences, which are two different kinds of creatures. But is this being a jack of all trades?
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Replying to @VictorKovalets @ekd1v07 and
I think they are core competencies of a good researcher, than when maximised, make excellent researchers and academics.
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Replying to @keithmobrien @ekd1v07 and
Honestly I never really thought a researcher needs to be good at multiple skills. But thinking about it, it's true. As well as understanding your area and being good at writing, you need to be up to date with programming, stats, be good at choosing good PhD students etc
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Replying to @VictorKovalets @keithmobrien and
Lecturing, supervising, fundraising, managing a small business, administration, public speaking, writing, writing, writing...
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Replying to @WiringTheBrain @VictorKovalets and
Be prepared to ASSESS in
#AcademicLife. Coursework, exams, theses, courses (as examiners), papers, grants applications, also assessing assessments of other assessors (grant panel and editorial duties)...pic.twitter.com/3NmTxusQUz1 reply 5 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @n_ramnani @WiringTheBrain and
100% tangent — the word "assess" gives me nightmares since I once spelled it "asses" in a draft manuscript.

*deep breath*
Ctrl+F "asses" replace with "assess".
Ctrl+F "assesss" replace with "assess".
*sigh of relief*
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Replying to @o_guest @n_ramnani and
haha. you know it's possible this made the reviewers smile, transferring positive affect to their overall review (now there's an idea for a fun RCT...)
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Replying to @chrisdc77 @n_ramnani and
Yeah, I agree. Putting myself in their position I can totally see how it's cute. But it's still a bad typo. Not sure it's on the level of "casual" (instead of causal) cognition in terms of the pain caused.
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Replying to @o_guest @n_ramnani and
Oh yeah, been there done that! check out the errata on our 2014 BMJ paper. This was additionally amusing because of the context: "causal claims" was printed as "casual claims"


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Ouch! Nothing beats "casual" on the cover of a book. 
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Replying to @o_guest @n_ramnani and
Friend of mine wrote his PhD acknowledgements section at 4am on the day it was due & thanked his supervisor for his "bewlindering level of support" (meant to be bewildering). Still cracks me up. Once you've seen it, it's all you see.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @chrisdc77 @n_ramnani and
Ha! "Bewildering" itself is a bewildering word to use in that context!
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