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Bad Methods

Devin & Mona

5 episodes · Explicit

Bad Methods: A show about good science, bad science, fun science, and silly science. Created to bring knowledge, discovery, and fun to ALL of the humans. Your nerdy hosts are Devin & Mona.

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Art by Karen Llamas

Episodes

  1. Your COVID Methods are Showing

    · 46 min · S1 E5 · Explicit

    Devin and Mona are appalled at how science is being used and misused in the midst of a global pandemic. Blog post cited: https://memosisland.blogspot.com/2020/03/computational-epidemiology-and-data.html Biology…

  2. Peer Review Blues

    · 46 min

    We've been gone a while (a recurring theme) but we're back! Off to the races to discuss all the troubling issues plaguing scientific research and academic culture. On this episode, Mona and Devin come across a group of…

  3. Eat, Sleep, Science, Repeat

    · 49 min · S1 E3 · Explicit

    Professor Reddit rears his ugly head again. Devin and Mona tackle the lack of replication in scientific research, and it appears philosophers may be better at psychology, than actual psychologists. Music Gorilla…

  4. The Misadventures of Professor Reddit

    · 48 min · S1 E2 · Explicit

    Mona and Devin discuss issues of sampling in psychology research. Devin critiques a horrendous paper using Reddit as a source of truth, and Mona shares tales of research as an undergraduate student. Music Gorilla…

  5. To Vignette or Not to Vignette

    · 54 min

    In our inaugural episode, we examine the use of vignettes in social sciences research. Mona tells a tale of her own bad methods, and Devin examines the BS and non-BS conditions used in vignettes. Music is Compassion…

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