Posts

Bella the Waitress: A fun hypothesis testing example.

Data collection via wearable technology

Pew Research compares forced-choice versus check-all response options.

Health and Human Service videos: Explaining research to participants

The Pudding's Colorism

The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth

Nextdoor.com's polls: A lesson in psychometrics, crankiness

Pew Research's Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements?

Stein's "Troubling History In Medical Research Still Fresh For Black Americans"

Compound Interest's "A Rought Guide to Spotting Bad Science"

Raff's "How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists"

NY Magazine's "Finally, Here’s the Truth About Double Dipping"

Turner's "E Is For Empathy: Sesame Workshop Takes A Crack At Kindness" and the K is for Kindness survey.

Dvorsky's "Lab Mice Are Freezing Their Asses Off—and That’s Screwing Up Science"

Esther Inglis-Arkell's "I Had My Brain Monitored While Looking at Gory Pictures. For Science!"

McFadden's "Frances Oldham Kelsey, F.D.A. Stickler Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide, Dies at 101"

One article (Kramer, Guillory, & Hancock, 2014), three stats/research methodology lessons

Richard Harris' "Why Are More Baby Boys Born Than Girls?"

Pew Research's "Global views on morality"

Emily Oster's "Don't take your vitamins"