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Oh man. My PhD work is focused on helping people communicate clearly about the measurements they are making and how to interpret them and where the pitfalls are
by hyperion2010 8y ago
Oh man. My PhD work is focused on helping people communicate clearly about the measurements they are making and how to interpret them and where the pitfalls are in a research setting. Every time I read about something like this I wonder if I can use what I am working on to help people automatically detect when the assumptions of their measurement model could be violated. For example, if you can explicitly model the fact that the measurement is not the actual value and that they can become decoupled (and can thus brainstorm and model potential reasons), then you can start to help people realize that the map (measurements) are not the territory (reality), in ways that aren't just cute phrases without guidance for practical implementation.
- spongo 8y agoI'm curious: within which field are you doing this PhD? I could see you as a computer scientist, systems designer, political theorist, perhaps an economist or philosopher. Is any of your work available to read online?
- hyperion2010 8y agoI'm technically in neuroscience, neuroinformatics more specifically, but was raised by a political theorist. Unfortunately I have a bad habit of writing code rather than prose, and don't keep a blog or similar, so the first thing that I could point you to would be my thesis, which is still months away.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y agoWell, hurry up then :) Seriously, this sounds like a very interesting subject. Best of luck with your thesis writing and submission (mine's still a couple of years away).
- dotancohen 8y agoPost the thesis to HN when you're done, or PM me (my Gmail username is the same as my HN username) and I'll host it and post it. Better communication tools for statistics and technical subjects is seriously something that the HN community could use and promote.
- Scoundreller 8y agoI see parent has responded, but it could be "human factors" as well.
- donavanm 8y agoIf you havent yet you should check out Sidney Dekkers writing. He does a lot of work around human factors and perception in the area of safety & operations management.