[phd.students.socioeco] Journals adding extra review for stats and data analysis

[Ann Hartell]

Hey All,
An interesting bit of news out of the scientific publishing world.

"The journal/Science/is adding an extra round of statistical checks to 
its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. 
The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread 
concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the 
irreproducibility of many published research findings."

http://www.nature.com/news/science-joins-push-to-screen-statistics-in-papers-1.15509

And a related blog post:
http://chrisblattman.com/2014/07/17/science-magazine-raises-statistical-bar-will/?utm_content=bufferc751c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


Good weekend, everyone.

-- 

Doctoral Student
Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development
Department of Socioeconomics
WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
http://www.wu.ac.at/mlgd

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