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Why don't people bring me raw data?
We often get research students visiting us to get help with analysing their data, even though it is not actually our job to help them and we are not formally qualified to help either. But I still sit with them and listen to their woes and give what advice I can, because I know how little support for statistics there is at this university.
Australia's Got Dedication
In the MLC Drop-In Centre, it sometimes happens that students succeed quite well at their maths, and yet somehow they manage to actually feel bad about it. They say that they only succeeded because they worked hard, and not because they are "good at maths", implying that somehow natural talent is more worthy of praise. Well I'm here to say this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
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