Finding Your Way In Science

, by Lemuel, Moye A., Ph.D.

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Copyright: 9/11/2008

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Preface

Acknowledgments

xiii

Table of Contents

Introduction

xxiii

Nurturing the Investigator

(32)

A Wounded Madness

(3)

The Requirement of New Skills

(2)

Survival vs. Prosperity

(4)

Why Did You Do This?

(1)

Inadequacy of the Survival Mentality

(2)

Taking Stock of Yourself

(3)

What is West Virginia?

(2)

Productivity and Professional Development

(5)

Old vs. New Paradigms

(1)

Traitors and Heroes

(3)

Get Some Rest

(2)

Long Term Vision

(1)

Develop Perseverance

(3)

Expand Your Knowledge Base

(1)

Moral Excellence

(1)

Family Development

(1)

Collegiality

(3)

``Educate-able''

(1)

Be A Colleague to Make a Colleague

(1)

Gentle Communicator

(1)

Manage your Anger

(2)

Conclusions

(3)

References

(1)

Investigators and Research Principles

(38)

The Heart of a Researcher

(1)

Confirmatory vs. Exploratory Analyses

(2)

Hypothesis Driven Investigation

(1)

Discovery

(2)

Good Experimental Design and Execution

(2)

The Compromise of Sample-based Research

(17)

Dealing with Sampling Error

(1)

Simple Random Sampling

(2)

Generalizations to Populations

(3)

Untrustworthy Estimators

(3)

The Valid Rendered Invalid

(1)

Exploratory vs. Confirmatory Analyses

(2)

Untrustworthy Estimators in Medicine

(2)

Strip Mining the Dataset

(1)

Subgroup Analyses

(1)

Analyzing the Entire Population

(2)

The Utility of Exploratory Analyses

(1)

The Process of Analysis Triage

(1)

The Pros and Cons of P-values

(2)

Multiple Testing Issues

(4)

Familywise Error Rates

(1)

The Bonferroni Procedure

(2)

Differential Alpha Allocation

(1)

Sample Size Computations

(1)

Conclusions

(7)

References

(4)

The Investigator and Administration

(30)

The Proposition

(1)

Administrative Oxygen

(1)

Experience vs. Expertise

(1)

Learn Your Administrative Surroundings

(5)

Institutional vs. Personal Perspectives

(2)

Focusing on Your Local Environment

(2)

Be Familiar with the Rules

(1)

Mentoring Committees

(2)

The Genesis of Research Team Leadership

(2)

When in Command.....Command

(1)

``Business is Not My Business!''

(2)

Three Rules for Basic Project Management

(14)

Know the Subject Matter

(4)

Know Your People

(5)

Effective Communication

(4)

Fiscal Management

(1)

Conclusions

(2)

The Investigator as Collaborator

101

(58)

Source of Esteem

102

(4)

Plunge In

106

(4)

Mastery

110

(8)

Learn at Your Level

111

(1)

Systematic Reviews

112

(3)

The ``Dumb Question''

115

(3)

Teach in Addition to Being Taught

118

(1)

Reliability and the Junior Investigator

118

(5)

Do What You Said That You Would Do

119

(2)

Meat Hooks

121

(1)

Above and Beyond

122

(1)

Falling Behind

123

(6)

Coping Strategy #1

123

(3)

Coping Strategy #2

126

(2)

Coping Strategy #3

128

(1)

Accountability

129

(3)

``It Is All My Fault''

130

(2)

Becoming vs. Being

132

(1)

Engage in the Action

133

(7)

Be Persuasive

134

(3)

Sense of Humor

137

(3)

Subcontracts

140

(2)

Documentation

142

(10)

Three Reasons to Document

142

(2)

Hard Copy Documentation

144

(2)

Computer Record Documentation

146

(1)

Residentialism

146

(1)

Generating Quantitative Reports

147

(5)

Respect Your Own Judgment

152

(2)

Senior Investigators and Castigation

154

(3)

The Intimidation Factor

154

(2)

Listen

156

(1)

Conclusions

157

(2)

References

158

(1)

The Investigator and Presentations

159

(20)

Introduction

159

(1)

Sources of Information

160

(1)

The Rise and Fall of Stage Fright

160

(4)

The Reasons for Presentation Anxiety

161

(1)

The Response of the Audience

162

(1)

Defeating Stage Fright: The Hunkpapa Sioux

163

(1)

Preparation

164

(3)

The Layman Rule

165

(2)

Walking the Plank

167

(1)

Final Preparations -- 72 Hours to Go

168

(1)

Reverse Radar

169

(1)

Two Minutes to Go

170

(2)

Giving the Presentation

172

(7)

Countenance

172

(1)

Slideshows

173

(1)

When You Make a Mistake

174

(1)

Finishing the Talk

175

(3)

Final Comments

178

(1)

References

178

(1)

Ethics and the Investigator

179

(42)

The Scope of This Chapter

179

(1)

Ethics

180

(2)

Innate Value

182

(1)

Undertows

183

(2)

Case Histories

185

(5)

Case History 1: Childlike Emotions

185

(2)

Case History 2: The Patchwork Mouse

187

(2)

All Human Together

189

(1)

Cite your work carefully

190

(8)

Deft Thefts

191

(2)

Theft During Grant and Manuscript Reviews

193

(1)

Cite Honestly

194

(1)

Spinning Results

195

(3)

Sexual Harassment

198

(1)

Community Research and Obligations

199

(3)

Patient Obligations

200

(1)

Community Obligations

201

(1)

Difficult Superiors

202

(8)

Delivering a Message

203

(2)

Personal Abuse

205

(1)

Coping From the Inside Out

206

(4)

Lose-lose Scenarios

210

(1)

The Unethical Chief

210

(8)

Ethical Lapse?

211

(2)

Detection

213

(2)

Trust, but Verify

215

(1)

Delegation

216

(1)

The Confrontation

217

(1)

Final Comments

218

(3)

References

220

(1)

The Junior Faculty Member

221

(22)

Academics 101

221

(2)

Defining and Evaluating Productivity

223

(1)

Teaching

223

(1)

Research

224

(5)

Publications

225

(3)

Grants

228

(1)

Community Service

229

(1)

Promotion and Tenure

230

(2)

Promotion

231

(1)

Tenure

232

(1)

Diligent Days

232

(3)

Balance and Discipline

233

(1)

Developing a Work-Lifestyle

234

(1)

Teaching and Character

235

(2)

Publishing and Character

237

(3)

Take Charge

240

(3)

The Investigator as Leader

243

(32)

Seeing Yourself as a Leader

243

(1)

Traits of Scientific Leadership

244

(1)

Meeting the Challenge of Leadership

245

(9)

The Twin Challenges to Leadership

246

(1)

The Genius of Leadership

247

(5)

Defeating the Peter Principle

252

(2)

Leadership Traits

254

(11)

Knowledge and Resourcefulness

255

(2)

Imagination

257

(1)

Keep short-term and long-term perspectives

258

(1)

Develop administrative skill and diligence

259

(1)

Boldness and achievability

260

(1)

Master, and Take Advantage of your Mastery

261

(3)

Developing Other Leadership Traits

264

(1)

Source of the Best Ideas

265

(5)

Learning to Lose

270

(2)

Final Comments on Leadership

272

(3)

Nova Progenies

275

(6)

Author's Background

281

(2)

Index

283

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Finding Your Way In Science

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