But how can you tell? She wanted to know why I said some work on gender bias was obviously too biased to…
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Bias This is How Research Gender-Bias Bias WorksRead more
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Bias Gender-Bias Bias Part 2: Unpicking Cherry-PickingRead more
When you think about it, the possibilities for cherry-picking when you discuss research these days are growing in rather spectacular leaps…
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Bias Winning! Or Is It? The Science of Winners’ FateRead more
Between the Olympics and a tumultuous U.S. general election, wanting to win really badly is dominating the airwaves at the moment. How…
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Bias Psychology’s Meta-Analysis ProblemRead more
Psychology has a meta-analysis problem. And that’s contributing to its reproducibility problem. Meta-analyses are wallpapering over many research weaknesses, instead of being…
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Bias A Reader’s Guide to Conflicts of Interest in BiomedicineRead more
The academic clinician in this cartoon needs 15 slides to list all the drug and device manufacturers he’s received money from recently…
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Bias The Skills We All Need to Move Past “Anti-Science” and “Us”Read more
If you didn’t believe a prevailing scientific position, you used to be part of a small fringe. To get information on your side…
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Bias How to Spot Research Spin: The Case of the Not-So-Simple AbstractRead more
Spin doctoring is deliberate manipulation. I don’t think everyday research spin is intended to deceive, though. Mostly it’s because researchers want to get attention…
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Bias The Mess That Trials Stopped Early Can Leave BehindRead more
Many trials end with a whimper. But some end with a bang. Press release, press conference, lots of fanfare &ndash…
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Bias Another 5 Things to Know About Meta-AnalysisRead more
Last year I wrote a post of “5 Key Things to Know About Meta-Analysis”. It was a great way to focus – but…
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Bias “Just” Joking? Sexist Talk in ScienceRead more
I’m a scientist who’s also a cartoonist. So I’ve got a pretty keen interest in scholarship and empirical research on humor. And I…
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Bias Weighing Up Anonymity and Openness in Publication Peer ReviewRead more
Scientists are in a real bind when it comes to peer review. It’s hard to be objective when we’re all among the peer reviewing…
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Bias Study Report, Study Reality, and the Gap BetweenRead more
We take mental shortcuts about research reports. “I read a study,” we say. We don’t only talk about them as though they…