By: Björn
Newsletter January 2020
February 1, 2020News NIH has awarded an SBIR grant to a PAASP Network member in the US – Read more New Author Guidelines to…
Read MorePAASP US, LLC receives funding from NIH
January 29, 2020The PAASP Network is very glad to announce that the NIH has awarded an SBIR grant to a Network member –…
Read MoreMost innovations are not advances: innovation + evaluation = progress
January 23, 2020A blog post by Paul Glasziou from January 2013 starts with this headline, which is very much in line with our…
Read MoreIs N-Hacking Ever OK? A simulation-based study
January 2, 2020After an experiment has been completed and analyzed, a trend may be observed that is “not quite significant”. Sometimes in this…
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 MoreWhen p-hacking is not p-hacking – or: How shall the data be reported?
December 18, 2019Organ bath experiments are a key technology to assess contractility of smooth muscle. When comparing force of contraction, investigators typically normalize…
Read MoreInstead of replicating studies with problems, let’s replicate the good studies
December 18, 2019A few months ago, the “Reproducibility and Replicability in Science” report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was…
Read MoreAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
December 18, 2019We have read with great interest a recent commentary in Nature about scientific research organizations hiring integrity reviewers to vet their manuscripts before…
Read MoreADDITIONAL READS December 2019
December 18, 2019Why scientists need to be better at data visualization Statistical significance gives bias a free pass Petitions in scientific argumentation: Dissecting…
Read MoreA consensus-based transparency checklist
December 18, 2019Transparency of research processes is required not only for evaluating and reproducing results, but also for research synthesis and meta-analysis from…
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