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A podcast about brain science, the media, and statistics. Sampled by Dr Nick Holmes @TheHandLab.bluesky.social

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"There’s just too many factors impacting on the proportion ofΒ pΒ values that will be between 0.01 and 0.05 to assume that variations in it are either an improvement or a worsening in research practices."

Blog post by @freerangestats.info on "fragile" p values.

#MetaSci

08.06.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

<< Overheard in Waitrose >>

05.06.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice title.

03.06.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

βœ”οΈ

15.05.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🎻

20.01.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

small error bars (usually a good thing) revealed regression-to-the-mean (usually a bad thing)

16.10.2024 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

in theory I agree with you!

in practice i believe you'll need a lot of highly-motivated scientists prepared to give up science & become journal-creators & political campaigners to turn this juggernaut around.

(this scientist will not join that fight!)

12.10.2024 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OPEN SCIENCE & ITS ENEMIES, PART III

(with apologies to apostrophe pedant's for the typo in the first post)

theerrorbar.com?e=41

02.10.2024 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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the error bar Podcast Β· [object Object] Β· fact-checking brain science news and asking brain scientists about mistakes and controversies

Open Science and It's Enemies.

Part III: The progressives

A-log (podcast) link here:

B-log (text) in next post πŸ‘‡

open.spotify.com/show/3kQAgTp...

02.10.2024 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Writing...

01.10.2024 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, it really does take training to over-ride our incorrect intuitionsπŸ‘

04.08.2024 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‡

bsky.app/profile/soap...

04.08.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

but not spelling

03.08.2024 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, thank you! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

(I also teach resesrch methods πŸ€“)

03.08.2024 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Science and its Enemies. Part II: The populists by the error bar in this episode i continue discussing some problems in the open science movement. i focus on populist podcasters and the promotion of simplistic heuristics that some scientists argue will improve scie...

Part II of my epic criticism of - some parts of - the #openscience / scientific #reform movement. Episode #40

"The populists" (& the podcasters; but not the meek)

Full text transcript, links & references (b-log):
theerrorbar.com?e=40

Podcast audio (a-log):
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

02.08.2024 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

New episode coming some week soon...

...has been a long few months 😴

17.07.2024 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tell me about it

23.05.2024 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Science and its Enemies. Part I: The p-circlers by the error bar There's no brain news this month, but i take this unique opportunity to provide the first of my three part critique of - some parts of - the Open Science movement. This episode focusses on p-circling ...

latest episode. Part I of a III-part mini-series on chronic problems in the Open Science movement:

spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/g4Qa0mBeLJb

20.05.2024 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

THIS πŸ‘‡

20.05.2024 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three latest episodes from the error bar podcast

Just die already, 55 plays
Your sample is small, 66 plays
Don't look back, 88 plays

The series suggests a nicely consistent decline in listens since i changed the format, but what will be next month's listenership..?

Three latest episodes from the error bar podcast Just die already, 55 plays Your sample is small, 66 plays Don't look back, 88 plays The series suggests a nicely consistent decline in listens since i changed the format, but what will be next month's listenership..?

next month i will have...

A) 44 plays

B) 49.5 plays

C) 10^9 plays coz it will be epic

🧐

22.04.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀩

18.04.2024 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JUST DIE ALREADY

JUST DIE ALREADY

S03E03 #38

in this episode we find out how motivational talk makes you run faster & i ponder on the history of science & the death of [bad] ideas long, long after their time

listen / subscribe: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/GtHtUY3dyIb

read: theerrorbar.com?e=38

05.04.2024 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL by the error bar my name's nick holmes and THIS is the error bar: a podcast about brain science & statistics that's nothing like any other podcast about brain science & statistics. this month's episode reveals the fi...

YOUR SAMPLE IS SMALL

Episode #37 asks whether it's ever really helpful to criticise a study for having a 'small sample'

It also reveals the final truth about men's & women's brains.

Listen podcast

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16.03.2024 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hello!

THIS is the error bar, a podcast about neuroscience & statistics which focusses on stories that reach the UK news media. the account is owned by @thehandlab.bsky.social

(i've escaped from twitter.)

the latest podcast, Season 03, Episode 01: Don't Look Back is out!

theerrorbar.com?e=36

10.02.2024 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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