Monthly archives: June, 2022

Vertical histograms FTW

I might be alone in this, and I’m willing to die on this hill, but here it is:

Vertical histograms are better than all of these: violin plots, box plots, kernel density plots, beeswarm plots. (if you don’t know those terms, simply do a web search for them for examples)

Just show me the naked distribution….



The Art of the Cold Email in Science

If you’re looking for a lab/prof to sponsor your grad work or post doc, it can be difficult to find a match. Responding to advertisements is one way. Cold emails are another way.

Like a lab, but no ad? Apply anyways. Almost everyone I know is almost always looking to hire good…