Sunday, 13 May 2018

How to survive on Twitter – a simple rule to reduce stress

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In recent weeks, I’ve seen tweets from a handful of people I follow saying they are thinking of giving up Twitter because it has become...
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Wednesday, 9 May 2018

My response to the EPA's 'Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science'

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Incredible things have happened at the US Environmental Protection Agency since Donald Trump was elected. The agency is responsible for crea...
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Thursday, 3 May 2018

Power, responsibility and role models in academia

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Last week, Robert J. Sternberg resigned as Editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science after a series of criticisms of his behavio...
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Saturday, 7 April 2018

Should research funding be allocated at random?

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Earlier this week, a group of early-career scientists had an opportunity to quiz Jim Smith, Director of Science at the Wellcome Trust. The...
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Friday, 9 February 2018

Improving reproducibility: the future is with the young

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I've recently had the pleasure of reviewing the applications to a course on Advanced Methods for Reproducible Science that I'm ru...
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Friday, 12 January 2018

Do you really want another referendum? Be careful what you wish for

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Many people in my Twitter timeline have been calling for another referendum on Brexit. Since most of the people I follow regard Brexit as an...
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Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Using simulations to understand p-values

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Intuitive explanations of statistical concepts for novices #4 The p-value is widely used but widely misunderstood. I'll demonstrate th...
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Thursday, 21 December 2017

Using simulations to understand the importance of sample size

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Intuitive explanations of statistical concepts for novices #3 I'll be focusing here on the kinds of stats needed if you conduct an in...
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Monday, 27 November 2017

Reproducibility and phonics: necessary but not sufficient

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Over a hotel breakfast at an unfeasibly early hour (I'm a clock mutant) I saw two things on Twitter that appeared totally unrelated but ...
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Friday, 24 November 2017

ANOVA, t-tests and regression: different ways of showing the same thing

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Intuitive explanations of statistical concepts for novices #2 In my last post , I gave a brief explainer of what the term 'Analysis of...
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