Lesson plan ✎ Outline

In-class assessments

  1. The “Before class” preparatory readings and chapters of this book, listed below, are the essential readings. Ensure you can correctly answer the “Test yourself” quizzes in the book.
  2. Preparatory readings are to be done before the session they’re associated with, as they enable you to understand the slides.
  3. In-class assessments occur on later weeks.

So, for example, if we discuss misinterpretations of p-values in week 3, you should a) read and understand the “Before class” readings before class and be able to complete the quizzes in the book; and b) this content may be assessed in an in-class assignment from week 3 onward. The timing of the in-class assignments is not disclosed ahead of time - their point is to ensure that you do the readings.

Weekly topics and readings

If delivered as a semester-long course, we suggest the following lesson plan.

Week 1

Week 2

In class:

Week 3

Before class:

  • Altman and Bland (1995) Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. doi:10.1136/bmj.311.7003.485
  • Gelman and Stern (2006) The Difference Between “Significant” and “Not Significant” is not Itself Statistically Significant. doi:10.1198/000313006X152649

In class:

Week 4

Before class:

In class:

Week 5

Before class:

  • Nuijten et al. (2016) The prevalence of statistical reporting errors in psychology (1985–2013). Behavior Research Methods. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0664-2

In class:

Repetition and recalculation methods

Week 6

Before class:

  • Brown & Heathers (2017) The GRIM Test: A Simple Technique Detects Numerous Anomalies in the Reporting of Results in Psychology. doi:10.1177/1948550616673876

In class:

Week 7

In class:

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14