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Everything Hertz

Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)

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35:07

173: How do science journalists evaluate psychology...

Everything Hertz ·

2023/10/01

Dan and James discuss a recent paper that investigated how science journalists evaluate psychology papers. To answer this question, the researchers presented science journalists with fictitious psychology studies and manipulated sample size, sample representativeness, p-values, and institutional prestige Links * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231183912) on how science journalists evaluate psychology papers * The preprint paper (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.19.558509v1)

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35:36

172: In defence of the discussion section

Everything Hertz ·

2023/08/31

Dan and James discuss a recent proposal to do away with discussion sections and suggest other stuff they'd like to get rid of from academic publishing. Links * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04267-3) on the proposed elimiation of the discussion section * The paper (https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245920970949) on machine readable hypothesis tests * Our episodes (https://everythinghertz.com/guests/daniel-lakens) with Daniel Lakens * Our episode (https://everythinghertz.com/78) with Lisa

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55:42

171: The easiest person to fool is yourself (with...

Everything Hertz ·

2023/07/20

We chat with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about the science of cons and how we can we can avoid being taken in. We also cover the fate of the gorilla suit from the 'invisible gorilla' study, why scientists are especially prone to being fooled, plus more! Buy Daniel and Christopher's new book, Nobody's fool, from your favourite bookseller here (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/daniel-simons/nobodys-fool/9781541602236/). Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter

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50:32

170: Holy sheet

Everything Hertz ·

2023/06/23

We discuss evidence of data tampering in a series of experiments investigating dishonesty revealed via excel spreadsheet metadata and how traditional peer review is not suited for the detection of data tampering. Links Data colada post 1 (https://datacolada.org/109) The conceptual replication attempt (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/7/2/28) in Guatemalan taxpayers The paper (https://rdcu.be/dfdS8) on using caution when applying behavioural science to policy Data colada post 2

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43:44

169: Using big data to understand behavior (Live...

Everything Hertz ·

2023/05/31

In our first ever live and in-person episode, we chat with Sandra Matz about the opportunities and challenges for using big data to understand human behavior Links Everybody lies book (https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lies-Internet-About-Really/dp/0062390856), by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz A paper (https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-015-0630-z) on "Born open" data Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter

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48:26

168: Meta-meta-science

Everything Hertz ·

2023/04/27

Dan and James discuss a new paper that reviews potential issues in metascience practices. They also talk about their upcoming live show in May in Frankfurt. Links Our upcoming show on May 8th, which will be a part of the at the 4th symposium on big data and research syntheses in psychology symposium (https://conference-service.com/ressyn-bigdata-2023/xpage.html?xpage=243&lang=en) to be held in Frankfurt, Germany The paper

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43:39

167: Diluted effect sizes

Everything Hertz ·

2023/03/16

Dan and James chat about a new study that uses homeopathy studies to evaluate bias in biomedical research, a new-ish type of authorship fraud, and the potential for Chat GPT peer-review. Links The Chat GPT paper library tweet (https://twitter.com/michelnivard/status/1625786225725526016?s=20) The Homeopathy paper (https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(23)00010-0/fulltext) The David Grimes paper (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7166.2012.01162.x) British dental journal paper on fraud

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52:12

166: Is science becoming less disruptive over time?

Everything Hertz ·

2023/01/25

Dan and James discuss a recent paper that claims that science is becoming less disruptive over time and the suggested causes for this decline. Links * Our prior episode (https://everythinghertz.com/165), which discussed PhD defences * The paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x) on disruption in science * The news piece (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04577-5) on the paper Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana)

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41:18

165: Self-promotion

Everything Hertz ·

2022/12/30

Dan and James chat about self-promotion in academia, how they both wish they had doctoral defences (these aren't a thing in Australia), and replacing error bars with the letter "t". Links and stuff * The now retracted paper (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/2022/3802603/) with the error bars as "t"s * A direct link (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/2022/3802603/fig9/) to the figure * The blog post on self-promotion, titled "The End of Decency: When Self-Promotion Goes Too Far"

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49:00

164: The great migration

Everything Hertz ·

2022/11/28

James and Dan discuss the recent migration of scientists from Twitter to Mastodon and the pros and cons of sharing the prior submission history of manuscripts The Mastodon thread (https://mas.to/@SteinbockGroup/109385540133459884) discussion the submission history policy in American Chemical Society Journals The "Weekend at Bernies" film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_at_Bernie%27s) Our new Mastodon account: @hertzpodcast@mas.to (https://mas.to/@hertzpodcast) James' leaf blower man haiku

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54:44

163: eLife's new peer review model

Everything Hertz ·

2022/11/07

Dan and James discuss eLife's new peer review model, in which they no longer make accept/reject decisions at the end of the peer-review process. Instead, papers invited for peer review will receive an assessment from eLife and the peer reviews will be shared on eLife's website. It's up to author if they would like revise their manuscript or publish their paper as the version of record. eLife's announment

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50:43

162: Status bias in peer review

Everything Hertz ·

2022/10/17

We chat about a recent preprint describing an experiment on the role of author status in peer-review, dodgy conference proceedings journals, and authorships for sale. Links * James' blogpost (https://jamesheathers.medium.com/publication-laundering-95c4888afd21) on conference proceedings journals * The preprint/working paper (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4190976) on status bias Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on

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47:58

161: The memo (with Brian Nosek)

Everything Hertz ·

2022/09/12

Dan and James are joined by Brian Nosek (Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science) to discuss the recent White House Office of Science Technology & Policy memo ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research. They also cover the implications of this memo for scientific publishing, as well as the mechanics of culture change in science. Open Science Framework hits half a million users

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50:40

160: Whistleblowing

Everything Hertz ·

2022/08/31

Dan and James share ten rules for whistleblowing academic misconduct. The Safe Faculty Project (https://www.safefacultyproject.org/) website SLAPP statues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategiclawsuitagainstpublicparticipation Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook

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51:35

159: Peer review isn't working (with Saloni Dattani)

Everything Hertz ·

2022/08/15

Dan and James are joined by Saloni Dattani for a chat about the history of peer review, a reimagination of what peer review could look like, what happens when you actually pay peer reviewers, peer reviewer specialisation, post publication peer review, annual paper limits for authors, automation in peer review, and Big Cheese. Links * Works in Progress magazine (https://www.worksinprogress.co/) * One of the many news stories

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45:11

158: Word limits

Everything Hertz ·

2022/08/01

By popular demand, Dan and James chat about journal word and page limits.They also the debate around a recent meta-analysis on nudge interventions. Links * The PNAS nudge meta-analysis (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107346118) * The response letter (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200300119) * The paper (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-022-04453-z) on adjectives and adverbs in life sciences Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter

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46:46

157: Limitations

Everything Hertz ·

2022/07/11

Dan and James discuss a new preprint that examined the types of limitations authors discuss in their published articles and whether these limitation types has changed over the past decade, especially in light of methodological reform efforts. Links * The Genetic Lottery (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190808/the-genetic-lottery)by Kathryn Paige Harden * The limitations preprint (https://psyarxiv.com/n4eq7/) by Beth Clarke and collegues * Simine Vazire’s episode

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50:57

156: Looking for seeders

Everything Hertz ·

2022/06/21

Dan and James discuss a recent paper that concluded (again) that most researchers aren't compliant with their published data sharing statement and whether torrents (remember them?) are a viable alternative for sharing large datasets. Links * The data request paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089543562200141X) * The paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.13688) Dan and James co-authored led by Julian Koenig * Our episode

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46:20

155: Don't you know who I am?

Everything Hertz ·

2022/05/30

We chat about appeals to authority when responding to scientific critique, university ranking systems, Goodhart’s law (and its origin), and private institutional review boards. Links * The history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law) of Goodhart's law * The original (https://rdcu.be/cOraY) psychadelics paper in Nature Medicine * The critique (https://psyarxiv.com/a25wb/) * The response (https://psyarxiv.com/pdbf5/) to the critique Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter

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51:14

154: When the evidence is constructed around the...

Everything Hertz ·

2022/05/09

We chat about the Theranos story and the parallels with academic research, as well as Twitter's new owner and whether academics will actually leave the platform Links * Mastodon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)) (the band) * Elon Musk’s Onion article (https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003) * The Dropout podcast (https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/) * The Juicero (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicero) * Bad Blood: The Final Chapter

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