Jun 5, 2020
Many, if not most statistical methods were developed for relatively small datasets. Big Data means we need to reevaluate how we interpret results. A good examples comes from “the Facebook experiment” Emotional contagion through social networks Adam D. I. Kramer, Jamie...
May 26, 2020
I think the Lego Gradstudent is brilliant! Very dark humour, but ohh so funny, especially if and when you feel a little down during your PhD journey. The creator made a video about the “impostor syndrome”, that many experience at times. To watch it: I...
May 20, 2020
There are ohh-so many ways to mess up when conducting research, leading either intentionally or unintentionally, to false results. Open science, where every effort is made to allow others to check your work (put very simply) is on the rise. Here is a great article on...
May 19, 2020
Academic research is contingent on building on past findings, much published in academic journals. While researchers get nothing from the journals when they submit their work (indeed, some pay for the privilege to get published), it can cost a fortune to access the...
May 6, 2020
My second peer-reviewed publication, this time on Eysenck’s body of research, where we both look at how it evolved, and how central the articles deemed as “unsafe” by his own college, is to the rest of his work. We also note how he continually...
