Subject: Re: Online talk available From: "Alain de Cheveigne'" <alain.de.cheveigne@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:08:37 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_62A87A09-11FB-43B0-AA23-83D0359034BF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Excellent! =20 It's funny, perspicuous, and I'm sure it'll have a very useful impact. = It's also a great example of talk design. Anyone who takes science = seriously should find the patience to sit through the talk, and perhaps = go back once or twice to figure out any examples that they don't get the = first time. Alain On 20 Feb 2013, at 20:59, Bob Carlyon <bob.carlyon@xxxxxxxx> = wrote: > Dear list, > =20 > Last year I gave a talk to the British Society of Audiology, which was = subsequently recorded & made available online. The title is =93Science: = How not to do it=94 and the talk covers some common logical and = statistical errors in scientific research. There are also some good = cartoons, and the opportunity to win points by spotting errors. I = realise that it may not be sophisticated enough for many subscribers to = this list, but some people have found it useful, so I thought I=92d post = the link. > =20 > Here it is: > =20 > https://connect.sonova.com/p1q15w788pc/ > =20 > Bob > =20 > Dr. Bob Carlyon > Programme Leader > MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit > 15 Chaucer Rd. > Cambridge CB2 7EF > England > Tel: +44 (0)1223 355294 > Fax: +44 (0)1223 355294 > www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk > =20 > =20 --Apple-Mail=_62A87A09-11FB-43B0-AA23-83D0359034BF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Excellent! = <div><br></div><div>It's funny, perspicuous, and I'm sure it'll = have a very useful impact. It's also a great example of talk design. = Anyone who takes science seriously should find the patience to sit = through the talk, and perhaps go back once or twice to figure out any = examples that they don't get the first = time.</div><div><br></div><div>Alain</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br= ><div><div>On 20 Feb 2013, at 20:59, Bob Carlyon <<a = href=3D"mailto:bob.carlyon@xxxxxxxx">bob.carlyon@xxxxxxxx= k</a>> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div lang=3D"EN-GB" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = "><div class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear list,<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Last year I gave a = talk to the British Society of Audiology, which was subsequently = recorded & made available online. The title is =93Science: How not = to do it=94 and the talk covers some common logical and statistical = errors in scientific research. There are also some good cartoons, and = the opportunity to win points by spotting errors. I realise that it may = not be sophisticated enough for many subscribers to this list, but some = people have found it useful, so I thought I=92d post the = link.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; ">Here it is:<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a = href=3D"https://connect.sonova.com/p1q15w788pc/" style=3D"color: purple; = text-decoration: underline; = ">https://connect.sonova.com/p1q15w788pc/</a><o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Bob<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><span>Dr. Bob Carlyon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><span>Programme = Leader<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span>MRC Cognition = & Brain Sciences Unit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span>15 Chaucer Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span>Cambridge CB2 7EF<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span>England<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span>Tel: +44 (0)1223 355294<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><span>Fax: +44 (0)1223 = 355294<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span><a = href=3D"http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/" style=3D"color: purple; = text-decoration: underline; = ">www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><span> </span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></= body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_62A87A09-11FB-43B0-AA23-83D0359034BF--