Rachel Baker
19 posts
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Really excited to be joining @PennGSE today along with @StanfordCEPA alum @Ericka_Weathers. Looking forward to working with The #EdPolicy division with @magottfried
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@EmilyKPenner @epopppp where do I sign up? are you already sold out? i'll go to stubhub if I have to.
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I was feeling left out, but this finally came today. Any other ed policy/soc of ed types wanna have a book club?
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@drewhalbailey love this tweet. have been thinking about it a lot.
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Interpreting the slope of a regression line: If we draw a scatterplot on the board and tell students it's something like "how much y *changes*, on average, for every one unit *change* in x", but *changes* (the way people commonly use that word) in x and y aren't observed,...
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Teaching regression after spending a while learning about causal inference, I'm finding that regression readings can create - or at least fail to root out - misconceptions about the relation between statistics and causal inference. A simple example:
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I am recruiting a new postdoctoral scholar to work on an exciting project with three local community colleges! Please forward widely!
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF06675
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@bakerdphd @aefpweb congratulations!!! That's great news!
Baker wins!
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🤠Personal News🤠: I now hold the Verlin & Howard Kruse ’52 Founders Associate Professorship at @TAMU's @BushSchool. As a #1stGen, #1stGenPhD, and #1stGenProf, w/o the endless support of my family all of this wouldn't be possible. I dedicate this named professorship to my family!
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@magottfried I just had a stale mini muffin and luke warm weak coffee and then pretended I couldn't find the bathroom. Feel like I am actually there.
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@ShanyceCampbell Love this slide and this message. What a model.
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@SarahCohodes @polumechanos EVERY DAY. It's so satisfying and relaxing and pretty. Doesn't get my blood pressure up like the daily mini does.
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@bakerdphd Amazing! 10/10. Would (will) watch many more times.
The terror of the lost dream of the meritocracy!
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@DanielKlasik @ehutt1 ha! I was wondering what the collaboration looked like.
Ethan uses emojis effectively. Let that be your lesson.
Also, good luck measuring your room and dividing the area by 36 so you can see how many bodies can "safely" fit in it.
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We independently thought of this tweet. @ehutt1 just managed his character count faster than I did
Ethan Hutt@ehutt1
University: “We expect you to plan so your course can operate simultaneously in 3 diff formats & is resilient to 26 diff contingencies” Also University: “What classroom are you teaching in? How many ppl can it hold safely? 🤷♂️🤷♂️ Anyway, happy summer! See you in 11 days!” 😡😡
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@odedgurantz Thanks for noticing. It is just this kind of reinforcement that will have be coming back for more.
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@odedgurantz Love it! Can't wait to use it this winter. (Definitely for my own fun, maybe also in class.)
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