#Studies

Margaret McCartney

mgtmccartney

why be so bothered about unintended consequences? it sounds good, it sounds like it might work. People have good intentions, care deeply, want to do something useful. and yet: when

Zareena Grewal

ZareenaGrewal

Learning so much co-teaching a grad seminar in this moment of intersecting crises on “Religion & US Empire” w/ my wonderful colleague @TisaWenger Kicked off the semester with her book

Devon Price

drdevonprice

A lot of non-peer-reviewed, very tentative COVID studies get amplified by Twitter &then spread like wildfire, and of course the limitations and criticisms of the studies never get any play

Louisa 🌈👭

LouisatheLast

For the most innocent shit, yes. Because I would forget to get their permission to watch an R-rated movie in class, but I knew they'd be fine with it. And

Erica Bailey

ericarbailey

currently running a 300 person study on prolific which involved a screening survey (and attention check) filtered on workers who have a 98% approval rate or higher. how is it

Allen Cheng

peripatetical

There's been a lot of discussion about "excess mortality", which I've mentioned previously. A short thread about some limitations.https://twitter.com/peripatetical/status/1253115315677888514 This method has been traditionally used f

Jack Keefe, your favorite Zoom head

jackferd

Following the brouhaha with the meta-analysis with the curious effect size calculations, I wanted to share some of the effect calculation/analysis errors and mixups in meta-analysis I often see when

Faiza A.

FaizaFSP

Here's a quick thread on CSS books.Most academic books in any local shop recycle online articles, print them word to word, even if the information within the articles is outdated.

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. Prince Nguboyenja Lobengula Khumalo : The Lawyer (1881-1944)A short thread.....After the conquest of King Lobengula, Cecil John Rhodes decided to prevent any future revival of the Ndebele monarchy. Princes

Christopher Polt🏳️‍🌈

CBPolt

Early in development for Fantasia in 1938, Disney briefly considered animating J.R.R. Tolkien's recently-published The Hobbit and setting it against parts of Wagner's Ring cycle. This was shelved, but the

Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy

DrSureshMuthu

1.Don't for a second believe that NZ drug classifications are based on science/risk/harm. In studies I have been involved we have administered all classes including, LSD, psilocybin (mushrooms), ketamine, alcohol,

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Henry Louis Gates is a most distinguished African American studies Harvard professor, and was my next door neighbor: @jeffsessions just called him “some criminal”. He’s most def not: Cops once

doc saab

shamskii5

I always used to wonder if winter was the cause of colds and getting sick. For a long time, I remember my mom always telling me to bundle up before

Terry Newman

TLNewmanMTL

I'd describe it as critical theory infiltrating our Public Health Agency and journalists exposing it. You're a member of government pitting a government institution against journalists in this question. Not

Caroline Sell

carolinelsell

GOOD NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT (even during a #pandemic): 3wks ago my article on the current #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC was OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED in the @UofMNLawSchool @MJILOnline Vol.29!1/9http://minnjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Sell_v29_i1_pg187-227

shera’s social media intern✨ S5 spoilers!

legendofshera

the science behind why we’re all sad that shera ended, a thread! first off before i start this i want to put the disclaimer out there that i am in