Monday my Methods/Stats class is going to be discussing the Simmons, Nelson and Simonsohn paper on False-positives in psych research. (It was a Psych Science OnlineFirst paper; the URL to the abstract is http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/10/17/0956797611417632.abstract).
It'll be interesting to see their reactions; they've been doing hypothesis testing for a couple weeks. I'll mix in some ethics with this recent news. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data The story is being carried by the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=2&hp. An interesting line from the article: "Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error, and that about 15 percent of all papers had at least one error that changed a reported finding — almost always in opposition to the authors’ hypothesis." The above should not be all that surprising. Still, it's a little scary ... Miguel ________________________________ From: "Beth Benoit" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 9:32:09 PM Subject: [tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data This story has been going on for a couple of days. Embarrassing: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21118-psychologist-admits-faking-data-in-dozens-of-studies.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=13855 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13855-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-13855-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=13867 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13867-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-13867-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13868 or send a blank email to leave-13868-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
