Credible Research: Study Hall Data Literacy #12: ASU + Crash Course

[@unkknown89]

Things a budding researchers must know. Very informative

[@hadishstreet3066]

Thank you very much. Excellent delivery and very informative.

[@DaBlondDude]

An important point to consider is that methodology can show how seriously a research paper can be taken. Where that's unavailable my skepticism twitches. This goes for studies, experiments, lab work and more.

[@gordanjenson5148]

I would press the like button on this comment even more if I could. This is a key point. Another point to consider is that just because a study is peer review doesn’t necessarily mean it is true. The peer review system just ensures that what you read in a report is “probably likely to be true/factual”, If a peer reviewed study has undergone replication or re-analysis (and is still statistically significant) it is a much more stronger piece of work, and much more likely to be true. You should also know that many “think-tanks” do not have peer review processes. So you should view papers published by “think-tanks” with a caution, and dig into their methodology. It is very common for think-tanks to modify their methodology to produce statistically significant results.

[@DaBlondDude]

@@gordanjenson5148 In accounting, our equivalent of peer review would be an audit. The auditors don't stamp the books and sign off saying they're true/accurate; rather, they offer a written conclusion that more or less says "we have found no reason to say these results are false" or 'we haven't proven them wrong' (I'm translating that on the fly in my head from French lol)

[@gordanjenson5148]

@@DaBlondDude The funny thing is that I know exactly what your talking about because I studied Accounting & Audit in University. And yes, what you say is exactly true. Peer review is needed to keep the ‘riff-raff’ out, however this does not mean peer review is flawless. There have been many cases fraudulent papers being published in peer reviewed journals. Just like the many Auditing scandals which have hit KPMG and EY Replication and re-analysis are the two main ways in which we can deduce wether a study is true, and to what degree is it true.

[@seratonyn]

@@gordanjenson5148 Even worse are peer review frauds which use obfuscation to hide their fraudulent activity 🤔 amusing though as statistics, scientific inquiry, and review in itself can all bypass analysis depending on how it is obfuscated (what words are used in place of which) throughout.

[@gordanjenson5148]

@@seratonyn What are you talking about?

[@lahrourtaha7964]

Beautiful

[@seratonyn]

I was told by someone not to self publish or preprint because other journals might not accept my work. Seems sabotagey :( overall this is a great video for anyone interested in journalism, I have an interest in retrospective journalism-- used to be into fan review now into security and data research and analysis. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@XD-rj3kz]

love this video!

[@reetachauhan613]

Very informative.

[@minhaaj]

wish any of that was true about today's corrupt publishing industry.

[@edugator2242]

Before I watch it, I am going to take a guess. The video will tell me to trust established media sources and information that comes out of universities both of which heavily lean to the left.

[@SolvayConference]

Yeah, you should trust KZbin videos and right wing channels like One America News instead

[@nefariousyawn]

So did you watch it?

[@gordanjenson5148]

If you are too afraid to use high quality sources and research because you are scared their conclusions “lean left”.Then you probably are the one with the bias, not the research. There is no difference between you and a flat earther. Flat earthers don’t listen to NASA because NASA’s research conclusions and studies don’t support their conspiracy lead bias.

[@Phrancis5]

@@gordanjenson5148 Well that's the million dollar question - particularly for America. They say facts tend to lean left, but how do you get conservative folks to want to challenge their ideological beliefs and worldviews? It happens to everyone, but conservatives aren't exactly know to be forward thinkers and open-minded. They'll rationalize away any info that doesn't confirm their biases. "Edu Gator" has already preemtively dismissed the content. My father was an environmental science and geology professor in the South and still met a lot of resistance to teaching evolution and climate change, even at the college level. His Phd and years of research in the field didn't matter so some of his students. This distrust in experts and belief that personal opinions are equal to objective research/facts is simply not prevalent in other modern nations. Just look at our Covid death rate. It's all maddening....

[@skyes6749]

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