Unless you've been living under a rock (no judgment, by the way), I'm sure you've heard about the reproducibility crisis in scientific research. In 2016, two posts on this blog covered what the main causes of irreproducibility ...
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Apr 30, 2018
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Cherry picking or hiding results, excluding data to meet statistical thresholds and presenting unexpected findings as though they were predicted all along – these are just some of the "questionable research practices" implicated ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2018
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Preprints—scientific manuscripts that are posted at a recognized online repository before peer review—have the potential to speed up the reporting of scientific research in infectious disease outbreaks, argue Michael ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2018
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Female academics with young children find it more difficult to access research funding and generate attention for their results than their male counterparts, according to a new study presented at the Royal Economic Society's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2018
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Scientists and the nation's scientific enterprise remain largely invisible to the public, according to national public opinion surveys commissioned by Research!America in 2017. Yet public perception of science is positive ...
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Jan 2, 2018
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A new article reveals that large corporations are investing less in science. From 1980 to 2006, publications by company scientists have declined in a range of industries. The result holds across a range of industries.
Economics & Business
Nov 27, 2017
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Americans are split in their support of recent science marches and whether these events will make a difference, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Some 44% of U.S. adults think the protests, marches, and demonstrations ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2017
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Many policies—from medicine to terrorism—depend on how the general public accepts and understands scientific evidence. People view different branches of sciences as having different amounts of uncertainty, which may not ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2017
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New research from doctoral students at the University of Arkansas suggests that principals of private schools report having more influence over their schools than principals of public schools do.
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2016
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Americans may be more likely to accept the scientific evidence of human-caused climate change and its potentially devastating effects if they believe the economy is strong and stable, according to new research published by ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2016
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