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SpecialiTEA 1 – Tim van der Zee

In our first SpecialiTEA episode we talk to Tim van der Zee (@research_Tim) about error detection, navigating critique on social media, and the positive side of the replication crisis for early career researchers.

Highlights
[1:30] Hey Tim! What are you working on?
[2:30] Tim: I am meta-science BATMAN
[3:30] Error detection: Impossible numbers in papers
[5:00] Tim’s favourite errors: we’re not naming any names, but Tim will talk about some food studies…
[10:00] can you trust the results If the basic numbers are wrong?
[12:00] But I still believe these findings…
[15:00] critiques against error detection
[18:00] Tim’s twitter feed (@research_Tim) – spot the lively debates and interesting insults
[21:00] Effective communication
[22:30] Should we be allowed to share data? Is it ever ethical? Yes, of course it is.
[24:00] How do you navigate critical feedback, Tim?
[26:00] Dr. Hannah Hobson’s (@HannahMBuxton) question “Do you think some fields have the reproducibility issue addressed already? If so what could learn from them (speaking as a psychologist)?”
[28:00] We need the crisis, it’s a good thing. We should be questioning things.
[31:00] Tim’s amazingly positive outlook

Music credit: Kevin MacLeod - Funkeriffic
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