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Slides/links for today, Jan 9
Written on 09.01.2024 12:23 by Ingmar Weber
Happy New Year again!
The (few) slides I used are online at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TROOlIP4DbPEmk8opQwA_wrOAO27wJxpDNmeXxKdJOs/edit?usp=sharing. Also linked under "Material" in the CMS.
Some links:
Details of the chocolate study: https://gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800
Seminal paper on "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False": https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124&type=printable
Good video on how to write a research paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AYxMbYZQ1Y
A couple of "semantic", i.e. AI-powered engines for searching academic literature: https://consensus.app/, https://elicit.com/, and https://typeset.io/
Wiki article about the replication crisis in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
Bonferroni correction to guard against p-hacking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonferroni_correction (this requires being "honest" though about listing all the things that were tried)
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias
Gold-standard for meta reviews: Systematic reviews, https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
Details about the (false) claims that some alcohol is better than no alcohol: https://theconversation.com/alcohols-health-benefits-hard-to-prove-but-harms-are-easy-to-document-98813 (due to the fact that non-drinkers often don't drink because they are sick)