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By Aaliya Hussain For Want of P-Values… Initially, my topic of choice was lesion network mapping (LNM), which utilizes human connectome data to identify functional brain networks associated with neurological and psychiatric conditions that are caused by lesions, as I have previously applied the technique in a research project. I planned to extract p-values from… Continue reading P-Curve Analysis: Moral Injury and Mental Health in Civilians

Online disinformation is a hard problem that lies at the center of social interaction, human behavior and belief, technology, and nation-state intelligence operations; it would be nice to be able to design an intervention that could stop its spread. Unfortunately, this has proven less than straightforward. To take a stab at identifying if current research… Continue reading Does current disinformation intervention research contain evidential value?

Hi everyone, I mentioned I would share a few resources on the P-curve to supplement your understanding from my recent “Practical Skills for Navigating the Crisis” lecture and which will be useful for the homework. I organized the resources into three categories. Interpretation:To build a better understanding of the motivation, inferential tests and correct interpretation… Continue reading P-curve Resources

Hello All! There were some questions on the first day of class regarding my example of 2 researchers A(lice) and B(ob), and how to interpret their p-values.  To refresh your memory, the example is here: I made a simplifying assumption I’d like to clarify, and discuss the basic idea here with some pictures to help… Continue reading Clarification on p-values and PPV

The instructors are all excited to have you!  If you have any questions, please reach out to David Ramsay at dramsay { @ } mit { . } edu. Each of us has comes at the problem of ‘the replication and generalizability crisis’ of psychology and behavioral science from different perspectives.  The broader issues we… Continue reading Welcome to MAS.S73!