August 2021

Just what the title says:  https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/women-can-predict-a-mans-interest-in-short-term-uncommitted-relationships-just-by-looking-at-his-face-61444?fbclid=IwAR2GE3OFc0tsJcbzSQ0Nkg3wmwp5zWY6fWmODOzqNzfc6ZG_JjS5x04CdXg

As you might guess, this study has generated a lot of discussion: https://www.psypost.org/2021/07/large-study-finds-covid-19-is-linked-to-a-substantial-drop-in-intelligence-61577

(Links to the original articles are provided near the end of the psypost summaries)

Coffee consumption and dementia: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955378?src=WNL_mdpls_210727_mscpedit_psych&uac=315526ER&spon=12&impID=3530708&faf=1#vp_1

IAT - https://replicationindex.com/2021/07/28/the-race-implicit-association-test-is-biased/?fbclid=IwAR0HkmOAGuYtVW8f9BxrwuNbLkkpBShApKVTuGHX2E0gCIu4WuG7fwuvDTw

COVID and base rate errors (Provincetown outbreak):  https://www.aol.com/news/eight-hundred-cases-7-hospitalizations-125324427.html?fbclid=IwAR3l7C_zmEiHPDaopsce2Q8hPu5aUJ0j2PfcgtVK6z0FU1KrIDyFHfF7SK0

Did Russia fake the Sputnik V COVID 19 RCT? : https://kylesheldrick.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-smoking-gun-that-russia-faked.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0MPCctYqNTHvxuN2m5-z8Qv7e_g5LCU4sdEe3atcLUDlMWctyXREc6VZo

Meta Analysis


A good introduction - including links to software: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/introduction-to-meta-analysis-a-guide-for-the-novice

An even more basic introduction: https://www.verywellmind.com/definition-of-meta-analysis-425254

A critique of the approach: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2016/07/05/psychologys-meta-analysis-problem/

A Bluffer's Guide to meta analysis - Andy Field (a bit old, and there are now several software options available to do the arithmetic): http://www.discoveringstatistics.com/docs/meta.pdf