Mon: What is a Republican?
Tues: “Bayesians (quite rightly so according to the theory) . . .”
Wed: Lottery is evil
Thurs: Gresham’s Law of experimental methods
Fri: In the biggest advance in applied mathematics since the most recent theorem that Stephen Wolfram paid for . . .
Sat: Himmicanes and hurricanes update
Sun: What they’re saying about “blended learning”: “Perhaps the most reasonable explanation is that no one watched the video or did the textbook reading . . .”
And, the week after:
“A strong anvil need not fear the hammer”
Best Disclaimer Ever
These celebrity photos are incredible: Type S errors in use!
Selection bias, or, some things are better off left unsaid
John Yoo blogging
You won’t be able to forget this one: Alleged data manipulation in NIH-funded Alzheimer’s study
Should I be upset that the NYT credulously reviewed a book promoting iffy science?
Your Buzzfeed-style headlines are no match for tabloid coverage of the latest power-pose-esque research published in PPNAS.
– http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/simple-change-stance-could-dramatically-increase-your-dating-success
– Vacharkulksemsuk et al. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1508932113
Steen:
Wow, the tabloids are really outdoing themselves on this one! Publication in PPNAS with a breathless blurb in Science. As a special bonus, the editor is Susan T. Fiske of himmicanes fame.
What could possibly go wrong??
You (or someone) should submit a funding proposal where they do a systematic critique of every Psych. article using Statistics published in Science / Nature / PNAS for a year.
It’d be an awesome service to everyone.
“widely spread limbs got 27% more matches than those with limbs held tight”
but, to give the research credit where credit it due, this does make a lot of biological and physical sense. How are you ever going to get laid if you hold your limbs tightly close together? Sorry guys, I tried but couldn’t resist. I blame my all-boys-school upbringing at St Columbas, New Delhi.
Why does the blended learning post keep getting pushed? Wasn’t it also bumped in December last year? Very interested to read it!