40: Meta-research (with Michele Nuijten)
Dan and James are joined by Mich\xe8le Nuijten (Tilburg University) to discuss 'statcheck', an algorithm that automatically scans papers for statistical tests, recomputes p-values, and flags inconsistencies.
\n\nThey also cover:
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- How Mich\xe8le dealt with statcheck criticisms \n
- Psychological Science\u2019s pilot of statcheck for journal submissions \n
- Detecting data fraud \n
- When should a journal issue a correction? \n
- Future plans for statcheck \n
- The one thing Mich\xe8le thinks that everyone else thinks is crazy \n
- Mich\xe8le's most worthwhile career investment \n
- The one paper that Mich\xe8le thinks everyone should read \n
Links
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- Mich\xe8le's website: https://mbnuijten.com \n
- Mich\xe8le's twitter account: https://twitter.com/michelenuijten \n
- Statcheck: https://statcheck.io \n
- Tilberg University meta-research center: http://metaresearch.nl \n
- Guardian story on detecting science fraud: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science \n
- The paper Mich\xe8le thinks everyone should read: http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/DPlab/papers/publishedPapers/Simmons_2011_False-Positive%20Psychology.pdf \n
- Everything Hertz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hertzpodcast \n
- Everything Hertz on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast \n
- The startup scientist, Dan's other podcast on boosting your scientific career: https://soundcloud.com/startup-scientist-podcast \n
Special Guest: Mich\xe8le Nuijten.