Ski accidents and random sampling “Dutch wounded through skiing: a remarkable increase of 14 percent” writes the The Dutch newspaper NRC. Is this really a noticeable increase or just random sampling? A quick statistical procedure provides the answer. Mark de Rooij • February 27, 2013
Towards a new publication model in psychology The quality of psychological research as currently published in academic journals is questionable because of possible 'data dredging'. It is time for psychologists to decide on a new publication model that would certainly alleviate this problem. Mark de Rooij • February 19, 2013