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**Everything Hertz**

Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)

Latest Episodes:

95: All good presentations are alike; each bad presentation is bad in its own way Nov 04, 2019

Show notes

Dan and James discuss why academia tolerates bad presentations and the strange distrust of polished presentations.

Here's what else they discuss...

James had a Filipino feast https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1188582859528949766?s=20
We’re approaching 100 episodes!
ReproducibiliTea is spreading worldwide!
Why do some people not trust polished presentations?
The Mike Morrison episode on the Better Poster
The “I want a refund for a bad presentation” blog post
What does James consider a ‘good’ presentation?
Conference apps
Why don’t we teach PhD students to do things that they’ll need further in their careers, like making presentations and writing emails?
Vague emails
James wants to help out an email spammer
Email vs. Twitter DM
Anonymous people on the internet
James discovers coin collecting
Blocking people on Twitter
Dan’s got a show recommendation: Money Heist / Paper house
Why do we hate spoilers?
Spoiling the end of a movie on Pompeii

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!

$1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show
$5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the $1 tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)

Episode citation and permanent link

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94: Predicting the replicability of research Oct 21, 2019

Show notes

Dan and James chat with Fiona Fidler (University of Melbourne), who is leading the repliCATS project, which aims to develop accurate techniques to elicit estimates of the replicability of research. This is also the first time they interview a guest live!

Here's what they discuss...

The story behind repliCATS
Australia's best export, Tim Tams
The SCORE project organised by DARPA
Can anyone use the repliCATS methodology?
Dan, Fiona, and James talk about did their honours theses (this is roughly the Australian equivalent of a Masters)
What would a successful repliCATS project look like?
What sort of heuristics do people use to assess replicability?
The AIMOS conference
The role of replicability in public policy
This is Bob Katter
Should we be keeping the replication crisis behind closed doors?

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!

$1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show
$5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the $1 tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)

Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, October 21) "Predicting the replicability of research ", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KZPYG, Retrieved from https://osf.io/kzpyg/

Special Guest: Fiona Fidler.

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93: Double-blind peer review vs. open science Oct 07, 2019

Show notes

Dan and James answer a listener question on how to navigate open science practices, such as preprints and open code repositories, in light of double-blind reviews.

Stuff they cover:

How common is double-blind review?
How many journals don’t accept preprints?
Bias in the review process
How practical is blinded review?
Do the benefits of preprints outweighs not having blinded review?
James' approach to getting comments on his preprints
Convincing your supervisor to adopt open science practices
The preprint that James won’t submit for publication, for some reason
We get reviews...
Our first live guest!

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!

$1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show
$5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)

Citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, October 7) "Double-blind peer review vs. Open Science", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7ZPME

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92: Chaos in the brickyard Sep 16, 2019

Show notes

Dan and James discuss the role of Google Scholar in citation patterns and whether we should limit academics to only publishing two papers a year.

Links and details:

James has a new Hertz-quarters
The Metascience conference
How is google scholar influencing citation patterns
A slide from @Jevinwest's presentation on Google Scholars
Is this a symptom of lazy citaton practices rather than the algorithm?
What are the alternatives to google scholar?
Should google open up the algorithm?
GS will find your preprint and link it to the paywall link
Why is Google Scholar free?
What would make GS better?
Using the Zotero plugin for to collected citation info in bulk from search results in GS
Top recommended articles in GS are phenomenal
GS is not great for meta-analysis
GS reduces friction
Should we limit academics to only publishing two papers a year, as suggested by former guest, Dorothy Bishop?
Who would stand to lose from this?
Is this idea practical? What if only a few countries or institutions implemented this?
The Japanese math genius who posts papers on his own website
Chaos in the brickyard paper Chaos in the brickyard cartoon Open data isn’t a new concept

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!

$1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show
$5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)

Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, September 16) "Chaos in the brickyard", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast] https://osf.io/xfd2p/

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91: Shifting the goalposts in statistics (with Kristin Sainani) Sep 02, 2019

Show notes

We chat with Kristin Sainani (Stanford University) about a popular statistical method in sports medicine research (magnitude based inference), which has been banned by some journals, but continues to thrive in some pockets of scholarship. We also discuss the role of statistical inference in the current replication crisis.

Links and info

What is magnitude based inference and how did Kristin get involved in this?
The response to Kristin’s critiques
This is really an issue of small sample sizes
Kristin’s Coursera course on scientific writing
The readability of scientific articles is decreasing
The role of statistical inference in the replication crisis
Kristin has changed her mind about… Twitter
Dan made international news by posting a picture of a bird on Twitter
Kristin recommends this paper: P values are just the tip of the iceberg as well as the following books: Radium Girls and Bad Blood

Other links

[Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana)
[James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
[Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast)
[Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/)

Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!

$1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show
$5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)

Episode citation and permanent link
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, September 2) "Shifting the goalposts in statistics (with Kristin Sainani)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], Retrieved from https://osf.io/3q25f/

Special Guest: Kristin Sainani.

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90: Mo data mo problems Aug 19, 2019

Show notes

Dan and James discuss two listener questions on performing secondary data analysis and the potential for prestige to creep into open science reforms.