#datacolada — Public Fediverse posts

I appreciated this episode of @TimHarford's #CautionaryTales this morning, which compared the #PiltdownMan hoax to the #DataColada vs. Gino/Ariely debacle: https://timharford.com/2025/11/cautionary-tales-homo-deceptus-sciences-dirty-little-secret-2/

The Francesca Gino case ended with her being found guilty of data manipulation, exposed as a serial plagiarist, and losing her defamation suit against the Data Colada bloggers.

Here's a very watchable 15-minute summary by Pete Judo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=DW5gVlr364Nzb4ta&v=Q9tgyVPytBk

#ResearchIntegrity #FrancescaGino #ScientificFraud #HarvardUniversity #Plagiarism #DataColada

The Francesca Gino case ended with her being found guilty of data manipulation, exposed as a serial plagiarist, and losing her defamation suit against the Data Colada bloggers.

Here's a very watchable 15-minute summary by Pete Judo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=DW5gVlr364Nzb4ta&v=Q9tgyVPytBk

#ResearchIntegrity #FrancescaGino #ScientificFraud #HarvardUniversity #Plagiarism #DataColada

The Francesca Gino case ended with her being found guilty of data manipulation, exposed as a serial plagiarist, and losing her defamation suit against the Data Colada bloggers.

Here's a very watchable 15-minute summary by Pete Judo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=DW5gVlr364Nzb4ta&v=Q9tgyVPytBk

#ResearchIntegrity #FrancescaGino #ScientificFraud #HarvardUniversity #Plagiarism #DataColada

The Francesca Gino case ended with her being found guilty of data manipulation, exposed as a serial plagiarist, and losing her defamation suit against the Data Colada bloggers.

Here's a very watchable 15-minute summary by Pete Judo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=DW5gVlr364Nzb4ta&v=Q9tgyVPytBk

#ResearchIntegrity #FrancescaGino #ScientificFraud #HarvardUniversity #Plagiarism #DataColada

The Francesca Gino case ended with her being found guilty of data manipulation, exposed as a serial plagiarist, and losing her defamation suit against the Data Colada bloggers.

Here's a very watchable 15-minute summary by Pete Judo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=DW5gVlr364Nzb4ta&v=Q9tgyVPytBk

#ResearchIntegrity #FrancescaGino #ScientificFraud #HarvardUniversity #Plagiarism #DataColada

@datacolada is free :)

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/court-clears-researchers-of-defamation-for-identifying-manipulated-data/

I fear a world in which science isn't based on conduct and validity but courts anymore. I look forward to a world in which Harvard gets smacked hard for its conduct in this case. #datacolada

For those like myself who missed this, the good folks at #DataColada have an update on the legal wackiness with Gino's meritless lawsuit https://datacolada.org/116

Update from #DataColada on the $25M defamation lawsuit #Gino vs. Harvard vs. the DataColada guys.
https://datacolada.org/116

They report on the 1st step of the trial: The case could be dismissed if there's no basis for a defamation. Defamation requires that it is not an opinion but a (false) fact; furthermore, it makes a difference whether Gino is considered to be a public figure, and whether DataColada „knew the statement was false“ or they were reckless ...

Read the details in their blog post!

Next was a fantastic talk by Don Moore on the prevalence of overconfidence and overprecision at #DataColada. Moore shows these psychological tendencies in a variety of settings, and also describes how different visualization approaches can reduce these biases. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvscL_btKIo (6/8) #psychology

Next was an excellent talk by Katherine Coffman on stereotypes and belief updating at #DataColada. Coffman investigates gender gaps in beliefs and belief updating and through experiments shows that while feedback can be effective it doesn't completely close gaps in well-documented differences between male and female estimations of ability. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTvMyGcyoU (8/11) #psychology

Last was a fascinating talk by Alice Moon on how people overestimate the valuations and preferences of others at the #DataColada seminar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfML8rFwLxM (9/9) #psychology

Next was an excellent talk by Alex Todorov on measuring cross-cultural similarity in social judgements from faces at #DataColada. Todorov uses PCA to show how similar different cultural judgements actually are, and that many studies are significantly overblowing differences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd0qQzN596g (5/12) #psychology

Next was an excellent talk by Rebecca Schaumberg on the social learning effects of shame at #DataColada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwMTd0L4p4&t=7s (5/8) #psychology

BONUS - a thought-provoking talk by Etan Green on understanding seller behavior on eBay and training an RL model as an optimal seller at #DataColada. Protip from the talk: reject generous first offers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vEipn6FcUk (9/9)

Next was an excellent talk by Jen Dannals on perceiving social norms in groups, analyzing experimental data with a combination of psychological methods and network analysis at #DataColada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuF8oTCm36A (9/10) #psychology #sociology #networks

Next was an interesting talk by Elizabeth Tenney on amplifying voice in organizations at #DataColada. Through a number of experiments, Tenney demonstrates how amplifying voices that get sidelined earlier in a conversation often improves outcomes for both the amplifier and the original speaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ik7I_-bUJo (8/9) #management #DEI #psychology

Next was a great talk by Abigail Sussman on consumer preferences for costly disclosures at #DataColada. Through a series of experiments, Sussman reveals that people actually like complexity in purchase costs in terms of fees, and if you force fee transparency they tend to spend more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYsG2Ov5xtI (9/10) #psychology #economics

Next was a fascinating talk by Joshua Lewis on rethinking the anchoring effect at #DataColada. Through new experiments, Lewis shows how preexisting conceptions change how people react to particular anchors. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZbw4lJLAc (11/12) #psychology

Next was an amazing talk by Alex Rees-Jones on the negative consequences of loss-framed performance incentives at #DataColada. Through a longitudinal experiment in US car dealerships, Rees-Jones investigates the use of the endowment effect with bonuses to improve performance, showing that when used with a loss-framing they tend to have negative effects. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9lHJs4EpDw (9/12) #psychology #management

Next was an excellent talk by Abdullah Almaatouq on determinants of team performance on tasks at #DataColada. We know that the exact factors that affect team performance on particular tasks vary widely, but Almaatouq focuses on the rarely-studied task aspect of this equation to systematically map out tasks and their similarity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwfXEODDCUU (4/10)

First was a nice talk by Berkeley Dietvorst on risk tolerance at #DataColada. Through a number of studies, Dietvorst convincingly shows that people take more risk when their rewards are tied to future events rather than known beforehand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gKpckqy1g (2/10) #psychology

@pluralistic I’m in…gotta love version tracking 🤗
#DataColada #gofundme
https://gofund.me/70c497b1

I just gave $100 to support #DataColada's legal defense - they do important scientific service and are being sued for $25m (!!!) by one of the scientists they criticized.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/uhbka-support-data-coladas-legal-defense

Next was a fantastic talk by Ashley Whillans on gender differences in extension request avoidance at #DataColada. Whillans presents some impressive studies with surprising results on how men and women respond to flexible deadlines and the differences in manager evaluations that result. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-xdiGo0PQE (10/12) #psychology

First was a great talk by Silvia Saccardo on the impact and limits of nudges at #DataColada. Through a large-scale RCT Saccardo shows that nudge effect size estimates are highly sensitive to how one defines success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsMNReKWdsA (2/10) #psychology

#DataColada with more excellent analysis of the Gino fraud case https://datacolada.org/114

Oh my, I'd missed that:

"Two behavioral scientists who study honesty accused of using falsified data"

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190568472

Amazing :masto_lol:

#behavior #behaviouralScience #fraud #data #planetMoney #DanAriely #psychology #FrancescaGino #nudge #HarvardBusinessSchool #honesty #insurance #taxes #guatemala #dmv #DataColada

Oh my, I'd missed that:

"Two behavioral scientists who study honesty accused of using falsified data"

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190568472

Amazing :masto_lol:

#behavior #behaviouralScience #fraud #data #planetMoney #DanAriely #psychology #FrancescaGino #nudge #HarvardBusinessSchool #honesty #insurance #taxes #guatemala #dmv #DataColada

Oh my, I'd missed that:

"Two behavioral scientists who study honesty accused of using falsified data"

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190568472

Amazing :masto_lol:

#behavior #behaviouralScience #fraud #data #planetMoney #DanAriely #psychology #FrancescaGino #nudge #HarvardBusinessSchool #honesty #insurance #taxes #guatemala #dmv #DataColada

Oh my, I'd missed that:

"Two behavioral scientists who study honesty accused of using falsified data"

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190568472

Amazing :masto_lol:

#behavior #behaviouralScience #fraud #data #planetMoney #DanAriely #psychology #FrancescaGino #nudge #HarvardBusinessSchool #honesty #insurance #taxes #guatemala #dmv #DataColada

Next was a fantastic talk by Joowon Klusowski on choice and illusion of control at #DataColada. Through a series of rigorous experiments, Klusowski takes an absolute hammer to the notion that choice causes an illusion of control, showing instead that many of the effects of choice that are observed are due to pre-existing illusions. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4m_4TANQj8 (5/8) #psychology #BehavioralEconomics

[en] Cheating in Science: Harvard "Honesty Scholar" May Have Been Caught in Dishonesty

"... dishonesty can lead to creativity" - an interesting and somewhat amusing read.

The New York Times: "Questions about a widely cited paper are the latest to be raised about methods used in #behavioral research."

https://datacolada.org/111

#ResearchHighlights #honesty #dishonesty #phacking #harking #dredging #gino #harvard #fraud #cheating #academic #datacolada