Calling Bullshit Syllabus

Format: 2-2 Comparison groups should be similar

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Language/s: 3-5 How certain is the evidence?

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Resource Link: View the Lesson

Target Audience: 3-2 Are you very different from the people studied?

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3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

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Short Description:

Carl Bergstrom's and Jevin West's nice syllabus for 'Calling Bullshit'.

Key Concepts addressed:

• Cartoons
• dansk
• eesti
• 1-8 More is not necessarily better
• 2-4 Comparison groups should be treated equally
• 2-11 All fair comparisons and outcomes should be reported

Details

Learning Objectives:

The learning objectives are straightforward. After taking the course, you should be able to:

• Remain vigilant for bullshit contaminating your information diet.
• Recognize said bullshit whenever and wherever you encounter it.
• Figure out for yourself precisely why a particular bit of bullshit is bullshit.
• Provide a statistician or fellow scientist with a technical explanation of why a claim is bullshit.
• Provide your crystals-and-homeopathy aunt or casually racist uncle with an accessible and persuasive explanation of why a claim is bullshit.

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