Feb 19, 2018
.. or put differently: ALWAYS read the original study, and look at the variables, before basing your own research on past findings! Surprisingly often, authors make hefty claims based on their findings.. which may not always have as strong a basis. I have recently...
Feb 19, 2018
With the ever growing wealth of research being published, when searching for relevant literature, many of us scan titles, and possibly abstracts to determine if we will read on. Crating a good abstract is obviously important. Here are some tips on how to write one....
Sep 1, 2017
There is a focus on producing so-called interesting research. This essay: Organizational sciences’ obsession with “that’s interesting!” Consequences and an alternative by Madan M. Pillutla and Stefan Thau They lay out an argument for why interesting findings and...
Jun 21, 2017
Meta analysis’ are often considered the gold standard for studies; a single study is never conclusive due to potential errors in design or data, whereas when results from many studies are systematically analyzed, they can be. Here is a YouTube series that goes...
Jun 21, 2017
Endogeneity has received attention in the past decade, as a significant source of bias in results reported in a wide variety of studies. Papers can now be desk rejected by top journals if there is reason to believe there may be endogeneity at play. Endogeneity refers...
May 24, 2017
Having collected data, it can be tempting to publish several articles on the same dataset. However, there is a difference between publishing articles with clear overlap, and distinct studies. In short, when the overlap is sufficient so that the studies could have been...
