Regarding the duties, employment and work of research assistants.
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Is a research assistantship considered full-time employment?
For something I'm applying to, I need to know if I'm considered a student, a part-time employee, or a full-time employee.
I am a graduate research assistant with a yearly stipend. No other ...
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Is it ethical to use a data-set made as a research assistant?
Two years ago I was a research assistant during my undergraduate and my sole duty was the aggregation of many economic surveys, a very tedious task. This data-set, to my knowledge is one of a kind.
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When does a paid research assistant become a co-author?
What amount of work should a well compensated research assistant put into a paper before they're included as a co-author? Is there any norm? Suppose this is a field where 1 to 3 authors on any given ...
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Why are some research groups not so ethnically diverse?
Some research groups especially the ones at lower tier united states schools contains excesssive amount of students who have the same nationality with the professor. Even some chinese professors group ...
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What can I do to get an admit in a Neuroscience program?
About me:
I work full time often more than 60 hours a week but I want to go to
college to be a neuroscientist.
I live in the US and have bachelors
degree in Chemical Engineering.
My goal is to get ...
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Important qualities for Research Assistanship applicants
1.What qualities do professors (assume STEM if necessary) look for in students (in their MS) when recruiting them for an RA (Research Assistantship)?
2.Consider the follow scenario:
Person 1 : ...
