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should we as taxpayers fund basic research? Is it good science to keep adding participants/manipulating data until you find an effect?
March 25, 2012
In statistics, if something is significant then it means it is not likely to have happened by chance, if the data produce an insignificant result we must accept the null hypothesis and admit that we have found absolutely nothing. But have we found nothing? Just because SPSS tells us the value of some test is […]
March 14, 2012
‘Looking back to look forward’ Is music a distraction? An interesting concept for a POPPS prepared speech. Should have Clive Wearing been tested on if he couldn’t remember giving consent? Why is the file drawer problem a problem?
March 10, 2012
The file drawer problem is an analogy for publication bias within journals in the scientific community. Rosenthal coined the term in 1979, explaining that most research with insignificant results are never published and are ‘filed away’ by the researcher. Firstly, we’ll look at the reasons for publication bias and then discuss why this is a […]
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March 29, 2012
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