54: Cuckoo Science - a podcast by Dan Quintana

In this episode, James sits in the guest chair as Dan interviews him on his recent work find and exposing inconsistent results in the scientific literature.
Stuff they cover:How James got into finding and exposing inconsistent results
The critiques of James’ critiquesHow James would do things differently, if he were start over again?
Separating nefarious motives from sloppinessThe indirect victims of sloppy science
Grants that fund sloppy science take resources from responsible science projectsIf people actually posted their data and methods, James’ job would be much easier
Registered reports improve the quality of scienceIf James could show one slide to every introductory psychology lecture what would it say?
The one thing James believes that others think is crazyWhat James has changed his mind about in the last year
LinksThe Sokal hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair
James’ Psychological Science paper: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797615572908The @IamSciComm Tweetstorm on podcasting: https://twitter.com/iamscicomm/status/935851867661357057

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