GOGSoc goes forth

Reply 40

Craghyrax

17

Reply 41

LawQueen

14

Original post

by Craghyrax

How goes it?

I'm writing a book review *headache*

Reply 42

Ice_Queen

17

Ahh Craggy m'dear, better than the bull**** mathematics I'm doing. I hate econometrics. If I wanted to do econometrics, I'd do a bloody economics degree.

Reply 43

Drogue

19

Original post

by Ice_Queen

Ahh Craggy m'dear, better than the bull**** mathematics I'm doing. I hate econometrics. If I wanted to do econometrics, I'd do a bloody economics degree.

And even then, most people try to avoid it. Though sadly, to get decent evidence of almost anything in social sciences, it's a necessary evil.

Reply 44

Ice_Queen

17

Original post

by Drogue

And even then, most people try to avoid it. Though sadly, to get decent evidence of almost anything in social sciences, it's a necessary evil.

I don't want evidence of anything, I'm an accountant :p:

Just a few receipts will do me fine thankee muchly!

I've given up now though :p:

I e-mailed my seminar tutor with a query and she hasn't responded so it's my excuse for having done very little!

Reply 45

apotoftea

19

Oh to not have any academic work at the moment *rubs it in* :biggrin:

Reply 46

Ice_Queen

17

Original post

by apotoftea

Oh to not have any academic work at the moment *rubs it in* :biggrin:

Get out.

Reply 47

Drogue

19

Original post

by Ice_Queen

I don't want evidence of anything, I'm an accountant :p:

Just a few receipts will do me fine thankee muchly!

I've given up now though :p:

I e-mailed my seminar tutor with a query and she hasn't responded so it's my excuse for having done very little!

That's a good point, I've no idea why it's even an option in an accounting course, let alone compulsory. I think some econometric theory (ie. not the mathsy bit, but the issues with sampling, biases, etc.) would be very useful for most social science students and the science students who can't isolate a variable (ie. medics), but I can't understand why anyone else would want to go anywhere near it.

Reply 48

Ice_Queen

17

Original post

by Drogue

That's a good point, I've no idea why it's even an option in an accounting course, let alone compulsory. I think some econometric theory (ie. not the mathsy bit, but the issues with sampling, biases, etc.) would be very useful for most social science students and the science students who can't isolate a variable (ie. medics), but I can't understand why anyone else would want to go anywhere near it.

Nor do I, and I've had this conversation with a lot of people, including the Faculty Dean. Something to do with accreditation (which drives me mad because it doesn't get me any exemptions from professional bodies!).

I just don't get econometrics. Linear regression just goes woooooooooosh over my head and it's got lots of letters that mean **** all.

"e" for example. What is the point? It means nothing! It's an imaginary thing that some economics or maths guy came up with!

Reply 49

apotoftea

19

Original post

by Ice_Queen

Get out.

Reply 50

Ice_Queen

17

Original post

by apotoftea

Reply 51

Craghyrax

17

Original post

by LawQueen

How goes it?

I'm writing a book review *headache*

I'd quite like to do one of those sometime, but I'm beginning to accept that its simply impossible on this course.
Its going fine, thankyou. Behind on work, though :flute:

Original post

by Ice_Queen

Ahh Craggy m'dear, better than the bull**** mathematics I'm doing. I hate econometrics. If I wanted to do econometrics, I'd do a bloody economics degree.

I'm confused. What is this in response to? :p:

Reply 52

Adorno

1

Wibble. Cragghy: just offer up your ass. Journals - especially smaller ones - often struggle to get enough reviewers. You get free books too...

Reply 53

Craghyrax

17

Original post

by apotoftea

Oh to not have any academic work at the moment *rubs it in* :biggrin:

Sorry, but I infinitely prefer academic work to all other sorts of work, so I wouldn't agree with that sentiment :p:

Reply 54

Craghyrax

17

Original post

by Adorno

Wibble. Cragghy: just offer up your ass. Journals - especially smaller ones - often struggle to get enough reviewers. You get free books too...

Priority this term is getting a PhD. Department deadline is 1st of December and I have two seperate ideas and need to become experts on both of them and schmooze their respective experts on time to get a proposal together, at the same time as sorting out access to my informants for the research and doing this term's two assignments by the same time (December) which together count for 25%.
So I don't agree with you that its 'wibble'.
Its a tough course, and I'm saying that as somebody who had an objectively tough undergraduate degree and isn't a stranger to hard work.
I'll look into a review over Christmas, but I expect I'll be using it to apply everywhere else for PhDs and to do much needed reading for the dissertation.

Reply 55

Adorno

1

Original post

by Craghyrax

So I don't agree with you that its 'wibble'.

Wibble is a Blackadder reference. How do you plan on escaping the trenches Captain B? Oh it's quite simple Baldrick, you stick a pair on underpants on your head, two pencils up your nose, and say ... wibble. :biggrin:

:

Reply 56

Craghyrax

17

Original post

by Adorno

Wibble is a Blackadder reference. How do you plan on escaping the trenches Captain B? Oh it's quite simple Baldrick, you stick a pair on underpants on your head, two pencils up your nose, and say ... wibble. :biggrin:

:

Ah

I've watched some Blackadder but sadly never had enough time to watch it all :frown:

I hope to eventually.

And sorry for the grumpy reflex. People have been telling me that my subject is a doss since 2007 which has kind of put me on the professional warpath...

Reply 57

Adorno

1

Original post

by Craghyrax

Ah

I've watched some Blackadder but sadly never had enough time to watch it all :frown:

I hope to eventually.

And sorry for the grumpy reflex. People have been telling me that my subject is a doss since 2007 which has kind of put me on the professional warpath...

Oxford historian ... can't get much easier (unless you study English) in terms of contact time but in reality subjects are what you make of them! Reason I know that quote is because it's from the very last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. It's perhaps the most poignant moment in modern British television.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglUmgYGxLM

Reply 58

Craghyrax

17

Its amazing how productive you can be when you don't feel like working :flute:

Just made an immense savoury pumkin pie, basically making up the recipe :sly:

Original post

by Adorno

Oxford historian ... can't get much easier (unless you study English) in terms of contact time but in reality subjects are what you make of them! Reason I know that quote is because it's from the very last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. It's perhaps the most poignant moment in modern British television.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglUmgYGxLM