You may have seen my recent post about my favorite social science related podcasts. In it I asked readers to tell me about their favorites. One reader, David Roe, pointed me towards one that I had not yet found…
Jim Harbaugh – A Solution to Sagging Response Rates?
Bear with me — but I have an idea. I may have stumbled upon the solution to a troubling trend in our science. Response rates are dropping. We used to say that it was critical to get high response rates in our studies. We spoke of our fight against our nemesis of “Non-Response Error”!
But then as it became clear that we were losing that fight…
The Research, the Research, the Research!
If my office location being in Ann Arbor, Michigan doesn’t tip you off to my collegiate sports allegiance, then this will. In 1983, University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler addressed his team with a motivational talk…
ResearchKit: will Apple change social science research? Geolocation, iSperm, and DNA
It seems that every few days, an announcement brings forth a new use for Apple’s ResearchKit. My first reaction was one of excitement, mixed with horror. The excitement stemmed from…