How to Battle the Bots Wrecking Your Online Study
A word of caution to researchers using digital platforms to run their studies: beware of bots. They’re more sophisticated than you might think.
November 25th, 2019
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November 11th, 2019
Solving the Problem of “Obviousness” with Prediction Platforms
In the fall issue of Public Opinion Quarterly in 1949, sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld pulled one of my favorite social science head fakes of all time.
October 21st, 2019
Registered Reports Remove Pressure on Researchers to Get the “Right” Results
Don’t be tempted to rewrite research history. Registered reports can help you design and evaluate studies with guards against changing the story once the results come in.
October 16th, 2018
The Study Premortem: Why Publishing Null Results Is Only the First Step
How can we design studies so that we learn from them, even if they “fail?”
September 17th, 2018
A New Model for Integrating Behavioral Science and Design
To what extent are we inadvertently limiting the range of problems for behavioral science’s attention?
Applying Behavioral Science Upstream in the Policy Design Process
What do we lose by failing to apply behavioral science earlier in the policy making process?
September 04th, 2018
RCTs Are Not (Always) the Answer
RCTs are a valuable tool for behavioral scientists. But they’re not the only tool.
July 24th, 2018
How Would People Behave in Milgram’s Experiment Today?
Half of a century ago, Milgram’s experiments cast doubt on Americans’ sense of moral exceptionalism. Has anything changed the “banality of evil”?
July 18th, 2018
When Expectations Fail, Keep Testing
Even when policymakers look to past evidence, it’s no guarantee of success.
July 03rd, 2018
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
