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Publication bias. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the scientific literature is full of positive results. Null or negative results have traditionally been hard to publish and are often relegated to abandoned hard drives, despite the fact that they represent valuable knowledge claims. Research users looking for evidence get a distorted view, which — like Joh... See more

An “Omics” Answer to the Replication Crisis

Defensive Research is a common practice found inside organizations that attempt to justify the business’ existing model, practices, and systems, at the expense of change. At best, this practice can delay the eventual decline of the business but that comes at the cost of squandering considerable scarce and expensive knowledge resources. Disruptive

For every expectation of evidence, there is an equal and opposite expectation of counterevidence.

Eliezer Yudkowsky • Rationality

Berkson’s Paradox : Strong correlations can fall apart when combined with a larger population. Among hospital patients, motorcycle crash victims wearing helmets are more likely to be seriously injured than those not wearing helmets. But that’s because most crash victims saved by helmets did not need to become hospital patients, and those without h

Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas

Numerous psychological studies have found that we seek out information that supports our pre-existing views – and avoid information that might contradict them.

This cognitive bias can push people into more extreme ideological positions | BPS

The researcher may also look for disconfirming evidence. The process involves having the researcher first establish a theme and then look through all of the evidence for exceptions to this theme. This is evidence that presents an alternative explanation for a theme.

John W. Creswell • 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

Rejecting the opposite of what we’re interested in seems like a lot of hoops to jump through. Why not just test the hypothesis that there is a difference between versions? The reason for this approach is at the heart of the scientific process of falsification. It’s very difficult to prove something scientifically.

Jeff Sauro • Quantifying the User Experience: Practical Statistics for User Research

I went back and recoded the data, looking at the 45 cases of contradiction insights in my sample. In two-thirds of the contradiction instances, the person gaining the insight had a suspicious mind-set rather than an open mind. He or she resisted the popular enthusiasms.

Gary Klein • Seeing What Others Don't: The remarkable ways we gain INSIGHTS

Rival Hypotheses: Alternative Interpretations of Data Based Conclusions (HarperCollins, 1979) by Schuyler W. Huck.