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Research ethics & integrity

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YouTube Ben Goldacre · YouTube / TED

Battling Bad Science (Ben Goldacre, TED)

A doctor shows how misleading studies, hidden negative results and spin distort what we think we know. Beginner Under 30 min Single video No prerequisites View I Website Daniel Lakens · Coursera / Eindhoven University of Technology

Improving Your Statistical Inferences (Daniel Lakens)

Highly rated course on p-values, effect sizes, power, pre-registration and doing statistics honestly. Free to audit on … Intermediate 10 – 40 hrs Full course Exercises Certificate Free to access View YouTube Staff pick Derek Muller · YouTube / Veritasium

Is Most Published Research Wrong? (Veritasium)

A 12-minute explainer on p-hacking, publication bias and the replication crisis, and what scientists are doing about it. Beginner Under 30 min Single video No prerequisites View P Website Jim Askham, Alison Fox · FutureLearn / University of Leicester

People Studying People: Research Ethics in Society (University of Leicester)

A short free course on what makes research with people ethical: consent, harm, privacy and when research is worth doing. Beginner 2 – 10 hrs Full course Certificate No prerequisites View YouTube John Oliver · YouTube / HBO

Scientific Studies (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)

A funny, sharp 20-minute segment on how news coverage turns small or flawed studies into big headlines. Absolute beginner Under 30 min Single video No prerequisites View T Website Ted Miguel and the BITSS team · BITSS (UC Berkeley)

Transparent and Open Social Science Research (BITSS)

Free Berkeley course on research credibility: publication bias, pre-registration, replication, meta-analysis and open d… Intermediate 10 – 40 hrs Video series Free to access View
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