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119: Rules of thumb


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Dan and James discuss how rules of thumbs in science, such as those often applied to sample sizes and effect sizes, lead to mindless research evaluation.

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  • Is there any justifcation for holding back the public posting of data becuase you're not done with your analyses
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  • Lake Wobegon, were all the children are above average
  • The tweet from Marco Altini about his desk-rejected manuscript
  • Sample size rules-of-thumb
  • Effect size rules-of-thumb
  • Dan's effect size distribution paper (Here's the preprint if you don't have access to the paywalled version)
  • We have a live episode scheduled for the 18 November (4pm CET) as part of the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publising
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    • [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
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    • Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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        Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, November 2) "119: Rules of thumb", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/UMXR7

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