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A method to streamline p-hacking
June 16, 2021The analytic strategy of p-hacking has rapidly accelerated the achievement of psychological scientists’ goals (e.g., publications & tenure), but has suffered…
Read MoreScaling the y-axis
May 29, 2020One of our colleagues sent us this interesting image from a national TV station. Even though the topic is very sad…
Read MoreFun, fun, fun…
March 31, 2020A mathematician, a physicist, and a statistician went hunting for deer. When they chanced upon one buck lounging about, the mathematician…
Read MoreFun Section January 2020
February 1, 2020A funny way to show the importance of describing your study/experiment in most detail and to be transparent and precise so…
Read MoreParachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial
December 18, 2019Objective: To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft.Design: Randomized controlled trial.Setting: Private or commercial…
Read MoreMaze with cheese enters human trials following decades of testing on mice
November 22, 2019Maze with cheese enters human trials following decades of testing on mice“After thousands of rounds of animal testing going back to…
Read MoreA FAIRy tale
November 22, 2019Once upon a time in the beautiful kingdom of Datamania lived a prince named Prince Fairhair. Though he was gentle as…
Read MoreLong-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer
August 12, 2019The question whether prayer can heal illness has for years been the subject of speculation.To once and for all obtain an…
Read MoreEverything we eat causes cancer – or cures it!
May 31, 2019For their 2013 paper ‘Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review‘, Jonathan D Schoenfeld and John PA…
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