Scientists make a lot of errors. Did the pandemic make things even worse?
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Making mistakes is sadly common in science (and even in this newsletter). A new study tests whether research on COVID was even…
When was the last time you saw a scientific paper? A physical one, I mean. An older academic in my previous university…
When was the last time you saw a scientific paper? A physical one, I mean. An older academic in my previous university…
When was the last time you saw a scientific paper? A physical one, I mean. An older academic in my previous university…
When was the last time you saw a scientific paper? A physical one, I mean. An older academic in my previous university…
When was the last time you saw a scientific paper? A physical one, I mean. An older academic in my previous university…
TILBURG, THE NETHERLANDS—In August 2011, Diederik Stapel, a prominent psychologist and a dean at Tilburg University here…
When Dutch researchers developed an open-source algorithm designed to flag statistical errors in psychology papers, it received…
Illustration by The Project Twins Michèle Nuijten and her colleagues found rampant inconsistencies when they unleased statcheck…