173: How do science journalists evaluate psychology papers? - a podcast by Dan Quintana

Dan and James discuss a recent paper that investigated how science journalists evaluate psychology papers. To answer this question, the researchers presented science journalists with fictitious psychology studies and manipulated sample size, sample representativeness, p-values, and institutional prestige
Links* The paper (https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231183912) on how science journalists evaluate psychology papers
* The preprint paper (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.19.558509v1) on small samples* Laboratory Life (https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691028323/laboratory-life) by Bruno Latour
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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2023, September 30) "173: How do science journalists evaluate psychology papers?", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/SG4BM

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