New #AcademicYear - New #introduction

I am a researcher at #DundeeUni and interested in health-related quality of life
#HRQoL #Psychometrics

I teach #ResearchMethodology and #ResearchMethods with a focus on #Quantitative methods.

I worked for 7yrs as a #NightshiftEditor and I am still mulling over roles in and sense of #AcademicPublishing

This is mainly a work account, but I also post #Dundee stuff such as #DunDeCofaidh and occasional #Deutsch #Svenska #Gaidhlig (👉 pure work account at BSky)

Baloney Detection Kit: How to Think Sceptically and Bust Bullshit

An exploration of Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit, a set of cognitive tools to help you think sceptically and bust bullshit.

The Mind Collection

Suggestion for a #WeekendRead from discussions in my #ProfDoc module on #ResearchMethodology.

We came on how #Menschenbilder influence one's ontological and epistemological assumptions, and here is a nice introductory read into the topic:
https://www.qeios.com/read/MRD3UK

#RD62002

Menschenbild: An Important Factor for our Identity

Similar to the concept of _Weltanschauung_, the related concept of _Menschenbild_ seems to be a specific German concept that is hard to translate: it means an individual person’s, a group of people’s or a society’s understanding of the human being as...

Hi Mastodon! We are the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and we believe that social research has the power to make life better.

We are beginning to dip our toe into this platform and will be sharing updates on our new research publications across various public policy areas and research methodology and innovation insights. #SocialResearch #PublicPolicy #ResearchMethodology #Introduction

The simple and obvious solution to #ResearchMethodology scandals is to shift published #Research from #PeerReview to #PeerReplicated. Boom, problem solved. Look, #Science is under serious attack right now from right-wing conservatives and evangelicals citing religious beliefs. We DO NOT need the kind of scholarly research scandals now plaguing multiple labs and universities, like Stanford. This only serves to provide ammunition to the #AntiEducation sorts making so much noise these days. Make sure accepted research and science is based on results replication, NOT Review.

Wow, this is a pretty extreme example of what unintended effects survey design choices can have. In the UK Census of 2021, ““British” replaced “English” as the first response option” for a question on national identity, and.. oof.

#identity #NationalIdentity #British #English #SurveyDesign #ResearchMethodology