Mascha Pauelsen, PhD

Tweets about trials and tribulations of: - Research in ageing and health - Research in other areas of health science But also about: - Life with dissability/chronic illness - Academia with dissability/chronic illness - Just simple life thingymabobs

@JGothilander @sjoerdmb @metanutter Are you changing your topic? I understood it as you wanting to do both?

@MPauelsen @sjoerdmb @metanutter For sure it is a lot to learn, but everything is. Every variable I put in an analysis for my (thought) topic I need to have grounds for and do research on before I use in a model, so in the end… it’s the same amount of learning, just different topic?

I want to study magnitude of #phacking and #publicationbias in my field. My supervisors says I should not, because I’m a PhD candidate. But this is what I feel I need to know and what I’m interested in. Thankful for more perspectives! #OpenScience #AcademicTwitter

@sjoerdmb @JGothilander @metanutter Yes. And I did some peer-reviewing during my PhD but only if I was sure the method, data, questions were similar enough to my project so I knee what I was looking for.

@MPauelsen @JGothilander @metanutter Note that as peer reviewers, we have to constantly judge whether or not others use methods correctly…

@sjoerdmb @JGothilander @metanutter Now, this final argument I agree with. As for your first answer... Of course you'd have a thorough understanding of the method you use in relation to your project, not sure that that is enough depth to also analyse its correct/incorrect use in other projects. That's all.

@MPauelsen @JGothilander @metanutter Also, I would argue that you can always get people on board that are way more knowledgeable than you, who can guide you in your studies.

@JGothilander @metanutter You don't think there is a difference between learning to use a statistical method to study your subject and truly understanding and studying its ins and outs as the subject of your research?

@MPauelsen @metanutter I am not sure I agree with you. It would in that case be the same for all research I do with all (quantitative) methods I haven’t used before? I would have to learn the specific method. I can do that with or without a general bachelors degree in many methods?

@JGothilander @metanutter And as to the credibility question... No, it's not comparable. You're doing a PhD in your subject. I'm assuming you don't even have a bachelor's in data science or statistics. Yes, assuming things and sorry if I'm wrong. :)

@JGothilander @metanutter I constantly questioned what I and my co-authors were doing though. And I think that maybe that questioning and learning (recording the learning too), is the best you can do at this stage to lay the ground works for something later on.

@wandedob Wow. Thought this was the standard everywhere. I mean, I'll still get paid without grants, but I won't be doing any research. Uni pays for me teaching, grants pay for me researching. Isn't that the standard?

In how many countries is it normal to cover your own salary with research grants until retirement?

@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice (if writing a compilation thesis) Start writing your thesis during year 1 and keep updating that document untill it's an actual thesis. Don't wait to get all the sub-studies done first.

What is *the* best tip you’ve gotten for doing a PhD? #PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

@JGothilander Yes, absolutely! You've got this! :)

@MPauelsen Like “for children (with disability), this factor is usually a barrier for independence (=what I research) so if this patient of mine (the child) want to be independent, I could start by asking them about these factors”? Maybe? Maybe that’s what my research can do?

In #childhood and #disability ; is it important to promote and strive for #independence and independent #participation in activities? Why? And are independence and independence in activities different things? Yes, I’m in the confused phase (as if it’ll pass?) of my PhD studies…

@JGothilander I don't know what your questions and results look like, but maybe your work could be an important voice in lowering the status of independence as the "ultimate goal" by showing the variability/heterogeneity in the population?

@MPauelsen Thank you for your reply! I think this is why it’s so difficult for me. It depends on the individual, so why do I want to research it? I guess for those who find independence important, the research is important too. Others are helped by other research? Can’t do it all in 1 PhD?

@JGothilander Just some personal, non-academic thoughts, that might contain a word that triggers your expert level eureka moment. ;)

@JGothilander But I'm only an adult with an acquired disability. So no childhood experience. I DO think children have a pretty good idea of what gives them QoL or well-being and I think it depends on the factors above wether or not independence will be a part of that.

Få saker provocerar mig så mycket som vårdpolitiker som skryter över överskott i budgeten samtidigt som de inte förmår bemanna vården. Bra sammanfattning i artikeln av hur vi hamnat här.

@ekvall_eva It's a VERY exciting process! I loved those meetings in my doctoral projects and learned so much. :)

This is what happens when a PT, a physicist and an engineer meet and talk measures of human movement 😂

@EKing_Sci I didn't feel like an expert until during my defense and the examiners actually treated me like an expert, instigating very interesting discussions and curious for my takes.

Does anyone feel like they master skills as a #PhD student? I feel like I just jump from one skill to another, and back again, without ever mastering any of them. Very hard to feel like an 'expert in my field.' Even though I've been told I am. #AcademicChatter #GradChat

In 10 minutes, the break in this seminar is over and students will be discussing a published paper of very poor quality. Always one of my favorite items in this course. :)

@louislhansen Or maybe not multiple axes, but at least not a linear or equal-steps scale. Or something. Not simple at least.

@louislhansen I have the suspicion that such a scale would not be a simple line from female to male. I think there might be multiple axes. No researcher is interested in that though, because then they cannot replicate (or compare to) any study that has used the binary (which is all).

What's the most ethical and simple way to include a question on gender? The problem with man/woman/non-binary is that the non-binary people disappear (or even get excluded) in the statistical analysis, basically binary washing research. Suggestions?