Administration time and reliability in measurement
For some research designs, one pays the participants by the amount of time they spend on the task (like regular work). For other designs where one does not, usually participants…
Organ donation consent vs. actual rates
There is a famous paper arguing the case for libertarian paternalism by using organ donation consent rates. Johnson, E. J., & Goldstein, D. (2003). Do defaults save lives?. Science, 302(5649),…
Clinical vs. statistical prediction
I learned about this topic many years ago reading Scott Lilienfeld's 50 Myths of popular psychology. In it, they write: In his blockbuster bestselling book Blink: The Power of Thinking…