The ITNS page on Amazon (U.S.) is here. Scroll down to see the 4 reviews by readers. Recently a five-star review was added by Edoardo Zamuner. Here it is: “I am an experimental psychologist with training in NHST. Cumming’s book …
Today’s fine article from The Conversation is: Our survey found ‘questionable research practices’ by ecologists and biologists – here’s what that means The authors are Fiona Fidler and Hannah Fraser, of The University of Melbourne. Fidler and Fraser surveyed 807 …
It’s not just Psychology: Questionable Research Practices in Ecology Read more »
[UPDATE: Thanks to twitter I came across this marvelous book(Jussim, 2012) that does a great job explaining the Pygmalion effect, the controversy around it, and the overall state of research on expectancy effects. I’ve amended parts of this post based on …
We’ve Been Here Before: The Replication Crisis over the Pygmalion Effect Read more »
STOP PRESS: Since first writing this post I’ve discovered that all may not be as it seems–especially to me at the other end of the Earth. As ever, we need to be vigilant for any dark forces wishing to use …
The National Association of Scholars Weighs in on ‘The Irreproducibility Crisis’ Read more »
Pawel (Pav) Kalinowski and Jerry Lai completed their PhDs a few years back. A recently published Frontiers article (citation below) reports what was primarily Pav’s research on how people understand confidence intervals (CIs). The short version is “for many people, …
The Beautiful Face of a Confidence Interval: The Cat’s Eye Picture Read more »
This is a post about the Diamond Ratio (DR), a simple measure of the extent of heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. We introduced the DR in ITNS. But first, some background. Fixed Effect (FE) model for meta-analysis The diamond at the …
Measuring Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis: The Diamond Ratio (DR) Read more »
I’ve just listened to a great 20-min podcast, published by The Conversation. The podcast is here. It’s an interview by my colleague Fiona Fidler with Anthony Leigh, about his recently released book: Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World. Published …
Randomistas: Dare we hope for evidence-based decisions in public life? Read more »
Here’s a short talk I gave at the 2017 Society for Neuroscience meeting on sample size planning. The talk discusses: Why you should plan your sample sizes in advance What not to do (how some common approaches can lead you …
Last month it was the Antarctic Scientists, this month the Orthodontists, and once again I had a most enjoyable time. Lindsay my wife and I are just back from 5 days in Sydney. I was speaking at the 26th Australian …
The New Statistics emphasizes effect sizes, confidence intervals, meta-analysis, and Open Science. There’s a lot of momentum to adopt this change of focus. For example, the APA recently released new guidelines for reporting quantitative research and throughout it emphasizes reporting …
Why effect sizes? A tutorial (especially for Neuroscientists) Read more »