44: Who’s afraid of the New Bad People? (with Nick Brown) - a podcast by Dan Quintana

James and Dan are joined by Nick Brown (University of Groningen) to discuss how the New Bad People — also known as shameless little bullies, vigilantes, the self-appointed data police, angry nothings, scientific McCarthyites, second-stringers, whiners, the Stasi, destructo-critics, and wackaloons* — are trying to improve science
Here’s what they coverPower imbalances in academia
Publication biasEuphemisms for people who are publicly critical of science
How to go about questioning the scientific recordPeer reviewed criticism vs. blog posts
Making meta-analysis easierData-recycling
Well-being and genomicsPopular science books and conflicts of interest
The ‘typical’ response to a Letter to an EditorWhat Dan and James do during the breaks
Why don’t people report descriptive statistics anymore?Priming studies
Science in the mediaWhat Nick has changed his mind about
LinksNick on Twitter - @sTeamTraen
Nick’s blog - http://steamtraen.blogspot.no* This list is from one of James’ blog posts https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/meet-the-new-bad-people-4922137949a1
Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ Special Guest: Nick Brown.

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