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Self Help For Smart People - How You Can Spot Bad Science & Decode Scientific Studies with Dr. Brian Nosek

The Science of Success

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The Importance of Pre-Registration in Decision Making

The ideas of transparency and pre-registration to me both remind me of a tool called a decision journal, which is a really effective methodology. So what would be one action item or piece of homework that you would give to listeners so that they could start concretely implementing some of the things we've talked about today? That's a good question. The one that I can think of immediately that is easy to start with is to adopt a stance opposite of your current point of view for a moment. What it can reveal are the assumptions that were underlying the decision that you had in the first place that may not have a strong evidence base to them.

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