119: Rules of thumb Everything Hertz

Dan and James discuss how rules of thumbs in science, such as those often applied to sample sizes and effect sizes, lead to mindless research evaluation.


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Is there any justifcation for holding back the public posting of data becuase you're not done with your analyses
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Lake Wobegon, were all the children are above average
The tweet from Marco Altini about his desk-rejected manuscript
Sample size rules-of-thumb
Effect size rules-of-thumb
Dan's effect size distribution paper (Here's the preprint if you don't have access to the paywalled version)
We have a live episode scheduled for the 18 November (4pm CET) as part of the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publising


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Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)




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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, November 2) "119: Rules of thumb", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/UMXR7
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