Next, @KevinZollman on how sanctions for sloppy research (applied post publication) may not be enough to deter it.
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Next up at #PSA2018: Is peer review a good idea? By @RemcoHeesen and @lastpositivist
paper here:
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/15040/
Cailin O’Connor: noisier (eg underpowered) studies make it easier for propagandists to cherrypick results & use to their advantage.
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The last 2 talks in this session are called “Is peer review a good idea?” and “The scientific Ponzi scheme.” I am in the right room
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Talk by @CT_Bergstrom on waste in research funding. Faculty spend about 20% of their research time writing grants. Is it worth it?
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#PSA2018 @learnfromerror argues that Bayesian approaches give p-hackers who deserve criticism a life raft (bc of Lindley-Jeffreys paradox)
If anyone needs me I’ll be reading all of @RemcoHeesen’s papers, on incentives in science, peer review, etc #PSA2018
https://remcoheesen.eu/papers/
Slide from my talk today at #PSA2018: Transparency is necessary but not sufficient for credibility
Next in our symposium, Felipe Romero proposes a new scheme for having a dedicated group of professional replicators. #PSA2018
First up in our symposium, Edouard Machery talks about direct vs. conceptual replication. #PSA2018 (University room, 4th floor, Union Tower)
Boaz Miller talks about “under-substantiated positives” as another kind of error. Reminds me of Uri Simonsohn’s “small telescopes.” #PSA2018
Winters finds that among this sample of feminist-identified gamers they: attributed the support of their family to being feminist gamers; experienced harassment but believed other women had it worse; and saw “me too” as an outcome of gamer gate. #PSA2018
Winters interviewed feminist gamers to understand how they arrived at and conceptually integrate (or not) “feminist” and “gamer” identities. #PSA2018
Okamura’s study of digital piracy finds a wide range of confusion or ambiguity among those who pursue such activities. Appears as if the social and legal contracts for digital piracy are confused. Why? #PSA2018