The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon

Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …

Larst Of Us

Another #PeerReview done.

Manuscript c3,000 words
Review c2,300 words
3.25hrs

I do love Null results.*

Nevertheless, a good theoretical background is important (and ideally written down before the results are known).

It should be clear what an effect could look like.
#EffectSize #SampleSize

Superiority is different to non-inferiority.
#RCT

#PreRegistration #RegisteredReport

* ad libbing on Julia Rohrer's post here:
https://www.the100.ci/2017/06/01/why-we-should-love-null-results/

Why we should love null results

or Dear Sanjay TL;DR: Publication bias is a bitch, but poor hypothesising may be worse. Estimated reading time: 10 minutes A few weeks ago I was listening to episode 5 of the Black Goat, flowery thoughts on my mind, when suddenly I heard Sanjay Srivastava say the following words (from minu

The 100% CI

Insights on #Geroscience Pre-Clinical and Clinical Trials to Promote Healthy #Aging from the Intrinsic Capacity, #Frailty and #Sarcopenia Research Task Force 2025

#Ageing #Health #HealthyAgeing #RCT #Research #Science #Biology

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2260134126000162

@ianbetteridge

Well done, glad you've got that out here.

Bet you love being graded.
But it's 9/10.

Then the Appendix adds another two marks.

#LandmarkEducation #AlexanderTechnique #FeldenkraisMethod #Atheism #OriginalSin #Skepticism #RandomControlledTrial #RCT

Rugby Club Toulonnais : Lemaître présente un projet de nouveau stade http://dlvr.it/TRJNlb #RUGBY #TOP14 #TOULON #ParceQueToulon #RCT
XV de France : Baptiste Serin signe un retour remarqué en bleu http://dlvr.it/TRHlHc #RUGBY #SIXNATIONS #XVDEFRANCE #NefaisonsXV #RCT
RC Toulon : Gaël Dréan évoque le retour de Pierre Mignoni http://dlvr.it/TRCw5r #RUGBY #TOP14 #TOULON #ParceQueToulon #RCT
Toulon : Pierre Mignoni prend une semaine de repos http://dlvr.it/TR3D1z #RUGBY #TOP14 #TOULON #ParceQueToulon #RCT

Results from our #RCT of Jigsaw #ActiveLearning vs. traditional lectures for teaching #anatomy and #physiology:

Both methods improved student knowledge, but no evidence of *differences* in learning between the two methods (immediately or after three months). However, many more students in the ‘traditional teaching’ group than in the Jigsaw group *preferred* their assigned teaching method over others (78% vs. 38%).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08608-x (#OpenAccess)

#education #teaching #HigherEd #MedEd