Interview originally posted on the Global Poverty Wonkcast: Is the revolution upon us? When it comes to data, the development world seems to be saying yes, Yes, YES! To look beyond the hype, I invited Amanda Glassman, a CGD senior fellow and director of our global health policy program, to join me…
Africa's Data Revolution – Amanda Glassman
Interview originally posted on the Global Poverty Wonkcast: Is the revolution upon us? When it comes to data, the development world seems to be saying yes, Yes, YES! To look beyond the hype, I invited Amanda Glassman, a CGD senior fellow and director of our global health policy program, to join me…
Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good
Videos and presentations from the book launch of “Privacy, Big Data and the Public Good” (Lane, J., Stodden, V., Bender, S. & Nissenbaum, H. (Eds)) are now available online. Hosted by the NYU Center for Urban Science on July 16, the event included several panels with the book’s editors and a number of the authors. Overview of the book: Massive amounts of new data about people,…
Science Establishes New Statistics Review Board
The journal Science is adding an additional step of statistical checks to its peer-review process in an effort to strengthen confidence in published study findings. From the July 4th edition of Science: […] Science has established, effective 1 July 2014, a Statistical Board of Reviewing Editors (SBoRE), consisting of experts in various aspects of statistics and data analysis,…
The New Statistics: A Pathway to Research Integrity
An eight-step strategy to increase the integrity and credibility of social science research using the new statistics, by Geoff Cumming. We need to make substantial changes to how we conduct research. First, in response to heightened concern that our published research literature is incomplete and untrustworthy, we need new requirements to ensure research…
New Standards for Research Reporting in Psychology
Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), is introducing innovative new guidelines for authors, part of an effort to strengthen the reporting and analysis of findings in psychological research. Starting January 1, 2014, submitting authors will be required to state that they have disclosed all important methodological details,…