October 6, 2023
Starting our October e-links, we focus on watching out for flawed (exceedingly believable) conclusions from auspicious behavioral economists.
Starting our October e-links, we focus on watching out for flawed (exceedingly believable) conclusions from auspicious behavioral economists.
Since nursery school children first took the marshmallow test in 1972, researchers have revised the experiment and its meaning.
After doing their own version of the marshmallow test, researchers from NYU and UC Irvine told us to look at the value of delayed gratification somewhat differently.
Because of research replication issues and questionable data, many academic papers need more rigor from their authors and skepticism from their readers.
Although one seven year old study indicates that Twitter sentiment could predict the Dow, a research replication attempt says no.