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P-hacking incident violated integrity, Dutch body finds
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 13, 2020
  • 1 min

P-hacking incident violated integrity, Dutch body finds

The manipulation of statistics to make results more visible—known as p-hacking—should be classed as a violation of scientific integrity,...
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A Team Approach to Tackling the Psychology Replication Crisis
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 20, 2019
  • 1 min

A Team Approach to Tackling the Psychology Replication Crisis

In 2008, psychologists proposed that when humans are shown an unfamiliar face, they judge it on two main dimensions: trustworthiness and...
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Science really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Sep 12, 2019
  • 1 min

Science really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests

‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents...
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Statistics experts urge scientists to rethink the p-value
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Mar 21, 2019
  • 1 min

Statistics experts urge scientists to rethink the p-value

Misuse of commonly used statistical methods have for long plagued scholarly research, resulting in big claims being drawn from weak...
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How Power Poses Took Over the World
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Oct 30, 2018
  • 1 min

How Power Poses Took Over the World

Every year, people at hundreds of schools and workplaces around the world are taught how to stand like Superman. The rationale behind...
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"Loss Of Confidence Project" Prods Scientists to Do the Right Thing
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jul 23, 2018
  • 1 min

"Loss Of Confidence Project" Prods Scientists to Do the Right Thing

I spoke to Heather Goldstone of Living Lab Radio about the Loss of Confidence project, which I recently wrote a feature article about for...
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Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That.
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jul 2, 2018
  • 1 min

Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That.

Many areas of science are facing questions over the reproducibility of findings reported in scholarly literature. Researchers haven't...
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Mind your language
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Feb 7, 2018
  • 1 min

Mind your language

Attempts to explain the findings of observational studies might lead readers to confuse correlation with causation. The full article was...
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New astronomy journal keeps papers short and sweet
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 9, 2017
  • 1 min

New astronomy journal keeps papers short and sweet

An unorthodox new astronomy journal is geared toward short, succinct updates of work in progress. Research Notes of the American...
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A new ‘accelerator’ aims to bring big science to psychology
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 8, 2017
  • 1 min

A new ‘accelerator’ aims to bring big science to psychology

A study of how people perceive human faces will kick off a new initiative to massively scale up, accelerate, and reproduce psychology...
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Guest appearance on Science Friday: Could Lowering The P-Value Threshold Benefit Research?
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Oct 13, 2017
  • 1 min

Guest appearance on Science Friday: Could Lowering The P-Value Threshold Benefit Research?

I was invited to Science Friday to talk about the recent debate around lowering p-value thresholds. Listen to the podcast here. I...
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‘One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Sep 19, 2017
  • 1 min

‘One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire

Researchers are at odds over when to dub a discovery 'significant'. In July, 72 researchers took aim at the P value, calling for a lower...
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Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jul 26, 2017
  • 1 min

Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value

Science is in the throes of a reproducibility crisis, and researchers, funders and publishers are increasingly worried that the scholarly...
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No, Wearing Red Doesn’t Make You Hotter
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • May 12, 2017
  • 1 min

No, Wearing Red Doesn’t Make You Hotter

A popular theory suggesting people perceive others wearing red as more attractive has come under fire. Read the full article at Slate...
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Do Men Eat More Pizza in Front of Women?
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Feb 3, 2017
  • 1 min

Do Men Eat More Pizza in Front of Women?

Analytical techniques of four studies by a prominent Cornell University researcher came into question after the scientist blogged about...
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