It’s old news but, one year on, it’s still remarkable. Nature and Science are the world’s top two journals. Each year Nature announces it’s list of its top “Ten people who mattered this year” in research. Science lists its top…
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How-to videos from Open Science central
It’s Open Science in pictures–well, videos. APS has just released 6 videos made during a workshop presented by Brian Nosek (himself!) and Courtney Soderberg of the Center for Open Science. They explain the aims of the Open Science Framework, and demonstrate how…
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/240?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2020-01-16&et_rid=17172836&et_cid=3167079
“In an era when every restaurant is obliged to publish on its front door the hygiene rating in their kitchen, we're seriously not saying whether a trial that costs millions of dollars has broken the law [...] by failing to report its results?”@bengoldacre
More evidence that superstition does not strongly influence performance.
https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1024/1010-0652/a000263
Still, the idea won't die. The original study was cited 29 times last year (2019) vs. 5 cites for the replications I conducted with @Fernie103 showing negligible effect.
Sensible reporting guidelines for exp bio: show the data, make confirm vs. exploratory clear, emphasize effect size and uncertainty. Good resource.
Two colleagues and I just published an editorial/review for how to present data and stats in experimental biology journals. It explains new guidelines adopted by three American pharmacology journals.
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/molpharm/97/1/49.full.pdf
Polisci types: Beyond voting, what are the most effective things I can do towards the 2020 elections? ($ to a pac? A candidate? Volunteer to canvas? Phone bank?)
What is actually helpful?
Never cared so much before. Not asking for a friend.
(@BrendanNyhan?)
Doing more with confidence intervals. https://replicationnetwork.com/2020/01/10/doing-more-with-confidence-intervals/
New Stats blog: Bushfires and Open Science: A View From Australia https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/2020/01/09/bushfires-and-open-science-a-view-from-australia/
Cheers to the guy who made psychological science—the journal and the field—better. https://twitter.com/dstephenlindsay/status/1212063000951021573
My last day as Editor of Psych Science. Whew! Best wishes for new Editor Patricia Bauer!
New publication from our research group in @NatureHumBehav showing that meta-analyses substantially overestimate effect sizes and that commonly used methods for bias adjustment do not substantively improve results: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0787-z
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