Some great thoughts about research… via Twitter
The methods were described in the 3rd person passive voice to create an illusion that everything went according to plan #overlyhonestmethods
— Michael Hale (@Hey_MickeyH) January 9, 2013
I used these statistical measures because I didn’t know how to change the default settings in my data analysis software #overlyhonestmethods
— Yash Gad (@DrYashGad) February 5, 2013
incubation lasted three days because this is how long the undergrad forgot the experiment in the fridge #overlyhonestmethods
— dr leigh (@dr_leigh) January 7, 2013
We just thought of it after a drink in a local bar one evening at full moon, years after the study was completed #overlyhonestmethods
— Arthur Charpentier (@freakonometrics) November 17, 2013
Wait… that one was actually a true story
Additional variables were not considered because everyone involved is tired of working on this paper. #overlyhonestmethods
— Seth Zenz (@sethzenz) January 9, 2013
“Rats selected for echocardiograms were those determined to be least likely to bite me.” #overlyhonestmethods
— Brian S. McGowan PhD (@BrianSMcGowan) January 9, 2013
I use robust standard errors for everything because I actually don’t understand heteroskedasticity #overlyhonestmethods
— Darin Self (@darinself) June 16, 2013
I used students as subjects because rats are expensive and you get too attached to them #overlyhonestmethods
— Anthony Finkelstein (@profserious) January 9, 2013
This paper was cited because everyone else does, but no one has actually read it #overlyhonestmethods
— Josh Larkin (@JLark21) January 9, 2013
We did not make the corrections suggested by reviewer 1 because we think reviewer 1 is a f***ing idiot #overlyhonestmethods
— Simon Garnier (@sjmgarnier) January 8, 2013
“Experimental time points were selected so that I didn’t have to come into the lab at night or over the weekend.” #overlyhonestmethods
— Georgina Guedes (@georginaguedes) September 12, 2013
We don’t know how the results were obtained. The postdoc who did all the work has since left to start a bakery. #overlyhonestmethods
— Atif Kukaswadia (@MrEpid) January 8, 2013
we didn’t read half of the papers we cite because they are behind a paywall #overlyhonestmethods #OA
— Sylvain Deville (@devillesylvain) January 8, 2013
We used three sub-samples; any more would have made us late for happy hour, and research drives you to drinking. #OverlyhonestMethods
— N Boer (@nicboer83) November 13, 2013
Our population size was conveniently 100 because it was a night lab and we didn’t want to calculate percentages. #overlyhonestmethods
— Karolina Polska (@KarolinkaJulka) November 15, 2013
Participants were undergrad psychology students because the general public are too expensive and ask too many questions #overlyhonestmethods
— Paul Bretherton (@NeuroConsulting) January 14, 2013
Oh, you want an actual method you can follow? Pffft. Check the cover son, you're reading Nature. #overlyhonestmethods
— banmans (@banmans) January 8, 2013
"Experiment was repeated until we had three statistically significant similar results and could discard the outliers" #overlyhonestmethods
— David C Logan (@angerstusson) January 7, 2013
A modified protocol was implemented because a certain graduate student seems unable to follow simple instructions. #overlyhonestmethods
— Dr. Twittenheimer (@DrTwittenheimer) January 8, 2013
I can't send you the original data because I don't remember what my excel file names mean anymore #overlyhonestmethods
— Morgan Edwards (@mangoedwards) January 8, 2013
The experiment was left for the precise time that it took for us to get a cup of tea #overlyhonestmethods #tealove
— mahzabin chowdhury (@mahzabin) January 8, 2013
There was no plan – we just tried stuff we thought would be interesting until something interesting happened #OverlyHonestMethods
— Russell Garwood (@RussellGarwood) January 9, 2013
the eppendorf tubes were "shaken like a polaroid picture" until that part of the song ended #overlyhonestmethods #truth
— Rebecca Weinberg (@sciliz) January 8, 2013
we did experiment 2 because we didn't know what the fuck to make of experiment 1 #overlyhonestmethods
— dr leigh (@dr_leigh) January 7, 2013
All experimenters — and authors — were blind to the study's hypotheses. #OverlyHonestMethods
— Kane_WMC_Lab (@Kane_WMC_Lab) January 8, 2013
we discovered the anxiogenic properties of our new drug accidentally, while trying to fuck with labmate Steve's coffee #overlyhonestmethods
— Tal Yarkoni (@talyarkoni) January 8, 2013
We repeated the experiment 5 times but never saw results this good before or since so we made a figure. #overlyhonestmethods
— Doctor_Strange (@StrangeSource) January 7, 2013
We wanted to see what would happen if we did X, just for fun. Great explosion! We came up with the hypothesis later. #overlyhonestmethods
— Bora Zivkovic (@BoraZ) January 8, 2013
If you pay close attention to our degrees-of-freedom you will realize we have no idea what test we actually ran #overlyhonestmethods
— jennifer kubota (@jtkubota) January 8, 2013