Episode 1 - The problem defined

In our first journal club podcast we discuss "A manifesto for reproducible science" from Nosek et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41562-016-0021

Highlights
[0:00] Sam butchers everybody's names, right from the start
[7:00] "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool" - Richard Feynman
[9:00] Figure 1; the best figure; the every-figure
[13:30] HARKing (Hypothesising After the Results are Known), distinguishing confirmatory and exploratory analyses, preregistration
[17:00] Power and false positives
[19:00] Button et al. "Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience" nature.com/articles/nrn3475
[26:00] storytelling
[30:00] The garden of forking paths
[36:00] Education is key - for everyone
[40:00] suggestions to improve our practices

Music credit: Kevin MacLeod - Funkeriffic
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