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Collaborative Assessment for Trustworthy Science: the repliCATS project by Prof Fiona Fidler

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhDKzEsPouI About the speaker Fiona has a degree in Psychology, with a second major in Sociology, and was awarded her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne in 2006. She is now a Professor at the University of Melbourne, based between the School of BioSciences and the School of HistoricalContinue reading "Collaborative Assessment for Trustworthy Science: the repliCATS project by Prof Fiona Fidler"

Synthetic data: A primer by Dr Dan Quintana

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fAR_oro1NY About the speaker Daniel S. Quintana is a researcher in biological psychiatry at the University of Oslo. His research interests include social behaviour, the oxytocin system, heart rate variability, and meta-analysis. He currently leads a project investigating the role of the oxytocin system in the development of severe mental illness and metabolic disorder, whichContinue reading "Synthetic data: A primer by Dr Dan Quintana"

Why p-values can’t tell you what you need to know and what to do about it by Prof David Colquhoun

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agC-SG5-Qyk About the speaker Professor David Colquhoun is a pharmacologist notable for his insights into the biophysics of drug–receptor interactions of single ion channels. He was elected a Fellow ofContinue reading "Why p-values can’t tell you what you need to know and what to do about it by Prof David Colquhoun"

Easing into open science: A guide for graduate students and their advisors by Dr Priya Silverstein

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJaD3UiseQ About the speaker Dr Priya Silverstein is a postdoctoral researcher in the CoGDeV Lab at the University of Surrey, studying the relationship between Lego construction ability, spatial thinking, andContinue reading "Easing into open science: A guide for graduate students and their advisors by Dr Priya Silverstein"

Measurement schmeasurement: Questionable measurement practices and how to avoid them by Dr Jessica Flake

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6n7AS_r8w About the speaker For details about the speaker, please see https://www.jessicakayflake.com. About the talk Questionable measurement practices are decisions researchers make that raise doubts about the validity of the measures, and ultimately the validity of study conclusions. They make it impossible to evaluate a wide range of potential validity threats to the study’s conclusions.Continue reading "Measurement schmeasurement: Questionable measurement practices and how to avoid them by Dr Jessica Flake"

How do we ask better questions and get better answers? by Prof Stephen Cole

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Grw2vIMopM About the speaker Stephen R. Cole is a Professor in Epidemiology at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Stephen R. Cole works to build accurate and impactful knowledge, particularly population-health (epidemiologic) knowledge. Professor Cole is interested in study designs and analyses that accurately estimate parameters of central interest to population-health scientists, such asContinue reading "How do we ask better questions and get better answers? by Prof Stephen Cole"