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[Excerpts taken from the article “When We’re Wrong, It’s Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So” by Ariella Kristal et al., published in Scientific American.] “What simple, costless interventions can we use to try to reduce tax fraud? As behavioral…
Read MoreDon’t Wash That Data!
[From the article “Embrace the unknown” by Chris Ferguson, published in The Psychologist] “Consider the basic premise ‘Does X cause Y?’ It’s at the root of almost any question of interest to the general public or policy makers. Does cognitive-behavioural…
Read MoreReplications Can Lessen the Pressure To Get It Right the First Time — And That Can Be a Good Thing
[From the blog “(back to basics:) How is statistics relevant to scientific discovery?” by Andrew Gelman, posted at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science] “If we are discouraged from criticizing published work—or if our criticism elicits pushback and attacks…
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