#experimental methods

[esarkaye]

I have a new article out where I apply experimental philosophy to philosophy and ethics of technology. If you’re interested, you can read it here (open access): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-021-00447-6 Also feel free to follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/srkraaijeveld

[asongofcaffeineandinsomnia]

I need dissertation advice

Due to a bunch of things that were out of my control (i.e. a crazy committee member, my advisor “forgetting” to send in my IRB app, IRB then losing my app) I’m not comfortable collecting data this semester for my 3-week long psychology experiment. 

I have a feeling my advisor will want me to collect data this semester anyway, which would mean running my experiment with maybe 10 or 20 undergrads (I need 90 total) then trying to get people here and there over the summer and do most of the data collection in the fall.

This, to me, seems like a bad idea that would trash my internal validity. What do you all think?

[ianmiller42]

Ossified Science

There was an interesting paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (118,  e2021636118,  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021636118 ) which argued that science is becoming ossified, and new ideas simply cannot emerge. My question is, why has it taken them this long to recognize it? That may seem a strange thing to say, but over the life of my career I have seen no radically new…

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[college-education]

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[coffeeandgradschool]

15 December, 2015 // 24/100 Days of Productivity

Went to my last 2 finals today! Feminine Face of God and Experimental Methods. I hope I did really well in both classes! I’m ready to make my way home!

[whammy5]

One of my books on experimental methods, when talking about why it can cause unnecessary problems to try and save costs by grouping people when assigning treatment to individuals may be better, used an example of an insomnia study. What do the authors give as an example of a potential problem that could occur?

"For example, some of them might become romantically involved, with possible consequences for their sleep patterns!"

...well, they aren't wrong to suggest that such a situation could indeed mess up your causal inference XD.