Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
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Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
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Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#2Yes ... us scientists have an awesome life. We get to implant cameras in the backs of our head (http://gothamist.com/2010/12/03/video_photos_nyu_prof_instal...). Truly the good life!!
Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#3What proportion of those jobs are below minimum wage post-doc positions?
The unemployment rate for panhandlers is also very low, very few of them face redundancy
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#4So P(jobless|PhD) = 0.017, whereas P(jobless) = 0.066
According to Baye's Theorem, the P(PhD|jobless) = P(jobless|PhD)*P(PhD)/P(jobless)
Where according to [1], P(PhD) = 0.01 (for all PhDs) so assuming roughly half are science, P(PhD) = 0.005, and we get
P(PhD|jobless) = 0.0013, or 0.13%, which means that roughly 1 out of every 1000 jobless people has a PhD.
[1]http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_...
Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#5Yes ... us scientists have an awesome life. We get to implant cameras in the backs of our head ( http://gothamist.com/2010/12/03/video_photos_nyu_prof_instal... ). Truly the good life!!
That dude is an art professor if I recall right from the posting the other day.
Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#6Science PhD = Smart + willing to follow orders + conforming + able to focus on something for years.
You'd be foolish not to hire one.
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#7Science PhD = Smart + willing to follow orders + conforming + able to focus on something for years. You'd be foolish not to hire one.
You forgot "successfully kowtows narcissistic bureaucracy" and "tolerates toil" Hire indeed.
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#8Science PhD = Smart + willing to follow orders + conforming + able to focus on something for years. You'd be foolish not to hire one.
The best science PhDs are neither willing to follow orders nor conforming, but you're right about #1 and 4 :)
Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#9So P(jobless|PhD) = 0.017, whereas P(jobless) = 0.066 According to Baye's Theorem, the P(PhD|jobless) = P(jobless|PhD)*P(PhD)/P(jobless) Where according to [1], P(PhD) = 0.01 (for all PhDs) so assuming roughly half are science, P(PhD) = 0.005, and we get P(PhD|jobless) = 0.0013, or 0.13%, which means that roughly 1 out of every 1000 jobless people has a PhD. [1] http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo…
Bayes' theorem states that P(A|B) = P(B|A) * P(A) / P(B), so in this case it says P(PhD|jobless) = P(jobless|PhD) * P(PhD) / P(jobless). It seems that you stated it incorrectly but used the correct version in the computation (the incorrect gives 0.2244).
Re: Science PhDs Have Very Low Jobless Rates
#10What proportion of those jobs are below minimum wage post-doc positions? The unemployment rate for panhandlers is also very low, very few of them face redundancy
What proportion of those jobs are below minimum wage post-doc positions?
Probably not very many. Typical postdoc pay is $40-60k/year depending on where the job is located ($40k in Urbana-Champaigne, $60k NYC or Chicago).
That's about 2-4x lower than what the postdoc could get in the outside world, but it's a far cry from minimum wage.