Mastodawn

Maris Vainre Jan 18, 2023

Carbon offsetting is a growing business. Like any market, it needs standards on how their main outcome is calculated. Otherwise the service providers can make it seem they deliver a lot of bang for the buck. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows

Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating

The Guardian

Maris Vainre Jan 12, 2023

Tim Harford

Jan 6, 2023

The seven types of email you should never send:
1) Redundant reminder
2) Omnibus
3) Bad subject line
4) Midnight
5) "DoNotRelpy" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
6) Should have been a process step
7) "Please see attached"

For elaboration, please see attached. (And it will be on my own website in 28 days...)
https://www.ft.com/content/5700be75-fc70-4cf3-ab69-e4fdd3c5ae74

The seven types of email you should never, ever send

Guilty of these shocking breaches of epistolary etiquette? Do better

Financial Times

Show thread

Maris Vainre Dec 23, 2022

Kui teaduskirjanduses on vähemasti mingi mehhanism, mis hindab tööde kvaliteeti (eelretsenseerimine), siis kes hindab Eesti uuringuhangete ja hangitud uuringute empiirilist kvaliteeti? Hangetes ette kirjutatud meetodid sageli ei võimalda vastata uurimisküsimistele. Hankeid koostavad inimesed, kes pole valdkonna spetsialistid (nad ei peagi olema!) ja nii loeb pakkumuses hanketingimustele vastamine, mitte metodoloogiline adekvaatsus (need pole tihti samad asjad).
#tõenduspõhinepoliitika

Maris Vainre Dec 23, 2022

Praxise analüütikuna pean klientidele tihti selgitama, et uuringu meetod loeb: see loob piiranguid uuringutulemuste tõlgendamisele ja tulemuste usaldusväärsusele.
Ka teadusajakirjas publitseerimine ei ole alati kvaliteedimärk: hiljuti avaldatud artikkel, kus veapiiridena kasutati T-tähte osutus ka muus osas nii kahtlaseks, et ajakiri pidi selle retractima (eesti keeles?).
#retraction #halbteadus
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/22/that-paper-with-the-t-error-bars-was-just-retracted/

That paper with the ‘T’ error bars was just retracted

Remember the paper that made the rounds on Twitter after readers discovered that the error bars in one of its figures were really just capital Ts? Well, it’s now been retracted, with the noti…

Retraction Watch

Maris Vainre Dec 22, 2022

Dilip Soman Dec 22, 2022

Behavioural scientists looking for opportunities in industry - it doesn't get better than this team!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7011508157663383552-aOl2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

William R. Mailer on LinkedIn: Expressions of Interest - Applied Behavioural Scientists

🚨 Applied Behavioural Science Roles. Interested in working with a leading applied behavioural science unit in 2023? Our team is set for our next phase of…

Maris Vainre Dec 21, 2022

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Dec 8, 2022

Lots of #jobOpenings at #Busara (who does #behavioralScience #research aimed at doing good, from reducing violence to helping more people benefit from finance) across #Africa, #Asia, and #LatinAmerica (with more job openings to be posted soon): https://jobs.lever.co/BusaraCenter/

Busara Center for Behavioral Economics jobs

Job openings at Busara Center for Behavioral Economics

Maris Vainre Dec 15, 2022

Kaja Kallas Dec 15, 2022

RT @bbcweather: Skiers on the streets of Tallinn in Estonia last night! ⛷️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1603328928407601154

Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas)

RT @bbcweather: Skiers on the streets of Tallinn in Estonia last night! ⛷️

Nitter

Maris Vainre Dec 15, 2022

Carl T. Bergstrom Dec 13, 2022

Out today, my short piece in Nature Medicine about what scientists can do as authors to combat misinformation and disinformation about their own work.

https://rdcu.be/c1x7X

Maris Vainre Dec 15, 2022

mark Dec 13, 2022

Stages of getting into a new research thing

1. No one has thought of this
2. Oh, some people have, but it’s not exactly the same
3. Oh, it’s exactly the same
4. OMG, everyone already knows about this, but they all call it something different

Maris Vainre Dec 14, 2022

Health Nerd

Dec 14, 2022

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and sample size calculations