BishopBlog

Ramblings on academic-related matters. For information on my research see https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-study-of-children-s-communication-impairments. Twin analysis blog: http://dbtemp.blogspot.com/ . ERP time-frequency analysis blog: bishoptechbits.blogspot.com/ . For tweets, follow @deevybee.

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Can systematic reviews help clean up science?

The systematic review was not turning out as Lorna had expected Why do people take the risk of publishing fraudulent papers, when it is ea...

Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Contagion of the political system

Citizens of the UK have in recent weeks watched in amazement as the current candidates for leadership of the Conservative party debate t...

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

A proposal for data-sharing that discourages p-hacking

Open data is a great way of helping give confidence in the reproducibility of research findings. Although we are still a long way from havin...

Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Book Review. Fiona Fox: Beyond the Hype

If you're a scientist reading this, you may well think, as I used to, that running a Science Media Centre (SMC) would be a worthy but r...

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Some quick thoughts on academic boycotts of Russia

In response to the dramatic developments in Ukraine, several instances of academic boycotts of Russia have been pr...

Sunday, 30 January 2022

Why I am not engaging with the Reading Wars

I’m not sure whether to feel flattered or irritated by Jeff Bowers’ latest blogpost , where he expresses his disappointment in my failure to...

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Boris Johnson leads the world ....in the number of false facts he can squeeze into a session of PMQs

The first weeks of 2022 have had quite enough drama to last us the whole year. Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesdays has develo...

Sunday, 16 January 2022

Response to Philip Ball's critique of scientific advisors

This week, Philip Ball wrote a piece in the New Statesman headlined: “ Muted and deferential, the UK’s scientists have failed the pandemic t...

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Linking responsibility for climate refugees to emissions

I followed the COP summit in Glasgow with interest, particularly via Channel 4 News, which is good at reporting minority voices. There we...

Sunday, 14 November 2021

Universities vs Elsevier: who has the upper hand?

The academic publisher Elsevier is currently negotiating a deal with UK universities . In Oxford, as in other universities, there have be...

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