David A. Sbarra Profile picture
psychologist, professor, editor of #AMPPS, husband, dad, transporter of kids, walker of dog
Jul 11, 2019 16 tweets 3 min read
After 10 years (!) as director of our graduate program in clinical psychology @uarizona I've gone back to being a "regular" professor. I had a long list of tips I used to pass along to students for having a successful run in graduate school; here are a few of the favorites... /1 4. Quantitative skills will advance your career in many, many ways. Think of yourself as double-majoring in clinical psychology and methodology. It’s not enough to know statistics. You should know methodology and measurement issues as well. /2
Jun 4, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
If I could ever get my act together, I'd write a summary document of concerns/points I bring up in nearly every single peer review... then I'd just start pointing people to this document by number: "Please see points 1, 2, 8, and 17 in the attached file." Lemme note a few here... You're using WAY TOO MUCH CAUSAL LANGUAGE. Please scrub the ms thoroughly to reduce the causal language.