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How to Scale or Curve the Grades for an Examination?

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answered Feb 26, 2013 at 22:08

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OpenOffice Vs. LibreOffice Vs. MSOffice for academic writing

publications tools

answered Aug 31, 2012 at 19:39

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Can I ask for payment if my employer wants to use my dissertation?

phd ethics thesis industry

answered May 6, 2013 at 11:37

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How do we end the culture of “endless hours at work”?

management working-time

answered Oct 27, 2012 at 8:18

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Scientific presentations - black or white?

presentation seminars

answered May 31, 2013 at 17:31

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Balancing between students who do homework and those who do not

teaching undergraduate motivation homework

answered Jul 22, 2013 at 22:16

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Can I ask for co-authorship if I share code and am willing to help applying code to the problem?

publications

answered May 20, 2014 at 19:42

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Is teaching a graduate course with 30 students an unreasonable expectation for a PhD student with a TA contract?

phd research-process teaching teaching-assistant working-time

answered Aug 24, 2014 at 19:30

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Is the practice of lab members extensively citing each other's work looked down upon in academia?

publications citations

answered Jun 2, 2013 at 5:44

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How to come up with research ideas?

research-topic

answered Dec 19, 2012 at 8:02

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When do you stop reading books cover to cover?

graduate-school books

answered Jul 12, 2012 at 5:19

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I found out my master's thesis topic has already been done (exactly), and my advisor didn't mention this when suggesting it to me - how to proceed?

research-process thesis advisor

answered Aug 30, 2014 at 19:08

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Is it more ethical to hire a tutor to prepare or to cheat on a test?

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answered Apr 15, 2014 at 8:39

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Why are some research groups not so ethnically diverse?

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answered Oct 29, 2012 at 22:23

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Regarding changes in the accepted manuscript

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answered Nov 28, 2015 at 4:55

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Is it ethical to apply different criteria for graduate admissions based on country of undergraduate study?

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answered Mar 3, 2014 at 16:00

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Gnuplot in thesis and articles or not?

publications thesis writing graphics

answered May 30, 2013 at 17:52

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Someone cited my paper in an irrelevant manner

publications citations errors-erratum

answered Oct 27, 2012 at 8:12

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An example of a researcher being 'scooped' as a result of working openly?

open-science

answered Aug 10, 2015 at 1:53

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Are there examples of more efficient funding systems than grant applications?

funding

answered Aug 16, 2015 at 3:56

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Techniques to "digest" large amounts of textual data (academic papers, books, etc)

productivity reading

answered Aug 9, 2014 at 19:32

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Is asking an author I'm reviewing to cite me a conflict of interest?

publications peer-review

answered Mar 16, 2013 at 17:52

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Is it ethical for a lecturer to mis-indicate exam study material?

teaching ethics exams

answered May 11, 2013 at 18:51

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How to replicate others' results quickly?

time-management reproducible-research

answered May 20, 2013 at 19:42

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Grading schemes to encourage effort

grading

answered Dec 13, 2012 at 17:03

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Things to do before submitting a manuscript

publications

answered Dec 13, 2012 at 17:06

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Familiarizing oneself with state-of-the-art at the beginning of a PhD

phd research-process

answered Jan 17, 2013 at 19:03

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How significantly does the salary amount for tenured faculty impact the quality of a deparment?

mathematics salary stem ranking

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 23:08

4 votes

Are there guidelines for amount and content of text in figure captions for theses?

phd thesis graphics

answered Dec 13, 2012 at 17:11

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Paper with editor for longer than two and a half months

publications

answered Jul 22, 2013 at 21:24

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How to Scale or Curve the Grades for an Examination?

OpenOffice Vs. LibreOffice Vs. MSOffice for academic writing

Can I ask for payment if my employer wants to use my dissertation?

How do we end the culture of “endless hours at work”?

Scientific presentations - black or white?

Balancing between students who do homework and those who do not

Can I ask for co-authorship if I share code and am willing to help applying code to the problem?

Is teaching a graduate course with 30 students an unreasonable expectation for a PhD student with a TA contract?

Is the practice of lab members extensively citing each other's work looked down upon in academia?

How to come up with research ideas?

When do you stop reading books cover to cover?

I found out my master's thesis topic has already been done (exactly), and my advisor didn't mention this when suggesting it to me - how to proceed?

Is it more ethical to hire a tutor to prepare or to cheat on a test?

Why are some research groups not so ethnically diverse?

Regarding changes in the accepted manuscript

Is it ethical to apply different criteria for graduate admissions based on country of undergraduate study?

Gnuplot in thesis and articles or not?

Someone cited my paper in an irrelevant manner

An example of a researcher being 'scooped' as a result of working openly?

Are there examples of more efficient funding systems than grant applications?

Techniques to "digest" large amounts of textual data (academic papers, books, etc)

Is asking an author I'm reviewing to cite me a conflict of interest?

Is it ethical for a lecturer to mis-indicate exam study material?

How to replicate others' results quickly?

Grading schemes to encourage effort

Things to do before submitting a manuscript

Familiarizing oneself with state-of-the-art at the beginning of a PhD

How significantly does the salary amount for tenured faculty impact the quality of a deparment?

Are there guidelines for amount and content of text in figure captions for theses?

Paper with editor for longer than two and a half months