By: Björn
A priori power analysis – friend or foe?
November 23, 2016Performing a power analysis is important for planning experimental studies. It helps us to estimate the sample size necessary to support…
Read MoreAdditional Reads November 2016
November 23, 2016A proposal for validation of antibodies. The International Working Group on Antibody Validation (IWGAV) is an independent group of international scientists with…
Read MoreMeeting report: Lean Product & Process Development Exchange, Philadelphia Sept 25th – 29th, 2016
November 23, 2016In a mix of seminars and workshops, participants and presenters shared experience and knowledge on the application of the Lean Product…
Read MoreNumber of citations as a measure of research quality – a dangerous approach
October 28, 2016How Many Is Too Many? On the Relationship between Research Productivity and Impact. In this research article, published in PLOS One…
Read MorePreclinical data reproducibility discussion: Learning from Big Brother
October 24, 2016In recent years, robustness of preclinical data has been increasingly in focus of discussions about the reasons why the success rate…
Read More29th ECNP Congress – Vienna 2016
October 24, 2016Two reproducibility symposia were held during the 29th annual congress of European College of Neuropsychopharmacology on September 20, 2016 (link): For…
Read MoreHow Many Is Too Many? On the Relationship between Research Productivity and Impact.
October 20, 2016In this research article, published in PLOS One, V. Larivière and R. Costas analysed the publication and citation records of more…
Read MoreThe False Discovery Rate (FDR) – an important statistical concept
October 12, 2016The p-value reports the probability of seeing a difference as large as the observed one, or larger, even if the two…
Read MoreBlinding – does it really have an impact?
October 11, 2016Zubin Mehta, conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony from 1964 to 1978 and of the New York Philharmonic from 1978 to…
Read MorePredatory Publishing Threatens the Scientific Enterprise
October 11, 2016Open-access publishing has grown dramatically, with a linear increase in the number of articles published, from about 53,000 in 2010 to…
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