The StatGrad discussion board is now online — a place where stat students can hang out.
One of the things I miss most about going to school is hanging out with my cohort. I work from home in Buffalo, and I get bored and restless pretty easily. When I was at school and feeling restless, I could just go down to the stat lounge, sit on the ridiculous-looking Ikea couch, and relax with some classmates. We never sat around and talked about probability theory or the law of large numbers (ok, maybe we did sometimes), but because we were all stat students, we all had this data-ish way of thinking. Know what I mean?
That’s what I’m hoping for StatGrad. I’m not interested in finding help for specific stat problems or trying to answer R questions. There are plenty of books and online resources for that type of stuff. I’m just hoping that StatGrad can become a place where stat grad students can hang out when they’re bored. Complain about undergrads, discuss anything interesting happening in our field, look for job opportunities, and stay up to date on calls for papers.
Join StatGrad now. I know you want to. Please? Come on, I’m bored.
