Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Can correlation show causality? The whole point of divulging my extraordinary eating habits to you is to show that Correlation does not always show causality.

Making the Case for More Field Experiments. Feel free to disagree with me in the comments section.

Drink 2 to 3 liters of water a day.

Do you need statistics to understand your data? Are there benefits to gaining a strong statistical background? How major design flaws can mislead results and be unethical. Do the statistics published after the riots help us make sense of it? Out with the old, and in with the new.

Should we as taxpayers fund basic research? March 25, 2012. I decided to write my last blog on this topic from an article I found in the guardian.

In psychology, one of the many ethical controls put in place is called informed consent, this means that before participants can take part in research they have to provide their consent. Informed consent is a useful tool as it also allows us to see which studies are contentious in nature as participants will refuse consent to studies they believe are overly harmful which can also be used to test our own ethical procedures and controls.

Homework for my TA week 10. April 18, 2012 by klbpsych. March 25, 2012 by klbpsych.