Sunday, 27 May 2018

Sowing seeds of doubt: how Gilbert et al’s critique of the reproducibility project has played out

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In Merchants of Doubt , Eric Conway and Naomi Oreskes describe how raising doubt can be used as an effective wea...
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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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