Never let anyone publish meta-analyses that mix confounded observational studies with randomised trials. #metasci #cardiosky

“Our analyses thus contribute to a growing literature documenting the limited clarity of pre-analysis plans in the social sciences and the prevalence of undocumented deviations from preregistration (Brodeur et al., 2024; Franco et al., 2016; Ofosu and Posner, 2023).”

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open.substack.com/pub/redteamo... #metasci

Question: what is the difference between a “logic” and an “algorithm”? If I have a “logic of discovery” versus an “algorithm for discovery“ how are they different? I want to give summary bullet points to students in a course. But we don’t use these concepts in physics.

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Fascinating reading. We hope to see more needed studies like these.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chapter in the new Routledge Handbook of Values and Science

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"Staff members at the agency, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, are concerned that the changes will lead to further cuts for work that has long been core to the agency’s mission: discovery-focused research, led by the curiosity of scientists."

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Aloha Bluesky!

I'm Bernadette, founder of The Insightful Scientist. We help researchers use scientific discovery as a force for good. Also, we’re based in Hawai’i. Happy to join researchers and thinkers here. What discoveries are on your mind right now?

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this amazing #metasci event (again!) somehow flew under my radar - paulmeehlschool.github.io/workshops/sy... - although submissions are closed, registration is still open, so check it out! (I will squeez my very limited budget and try joining as well!) @youngmetascience.bsky.social