Stuart Ritchie
Person on 3 sites
Psychologist and science writer; wrote Science Fictions on how research goes wrong, and writes the newsletter of the same name.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A scientific paper should not be built around a take-home message, because that invites cherry-picking and hiding the results that did not fit. (opens korrents.com)
“This, as was noted on Twitter, is a recipe for bad studies: it encourages the cherry-picking of results that went your way and the hiding of those that didn’t.”
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Deciding your conclusion before you look at the data is one of the most reality-distorting things a scientist can do. (opens korrents.com)
“Having a pre-existing conclusion—a “take-home message”—in mind is one of the most reality-distorting influences on our thinking.”
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Compressing a piece of research into a journal paper's word count is itself a distortion of what was found. (opens korrents.com)
“The mere act of squeezing a complex process into a few thousand words—limited by a journal-imposed word count—is itself a distortion of reality.”
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A scientific paper should not be built around a take-home message, because that invites cherry-picking and hiding the results that did not fit. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Studies Show (opens rcmnd.app)
“BTW, you should also take a look at my podcast with Tom Chivers: The Studies Show.”
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The Studies Show (opens rcmnd.app)