“Being a statistician means never having to say you’re certain.” ‘Scopers, can you guess what today’s episode is about? Hint: it involves statistics. The Center for Open Science (COS) is an organization with the goal of increasing openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research. Statistical and methodological consultant at COS, Dr. Courtney Soderberg, joins us for […]
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Episode 7: The Joy of Sex (and Fidelity)
As the great hip hop trio Salt-n-Pepa used to say… Let’s talk about sex. Today’s guest is Dana Weiser, an assistant professor in Human Development & Family Studies and affiliate faculty in Women’s Studies at Texas Tech where she teaches human sexuality. On this episode we cover infidelity, domestic abuse, and Jake Gyllenhaal. (He’s unrelated to […]
#DenimDay: Raising awareness about sexual assault
April 29th is Denim Day – an opportunity to raise awareness about the issue of sexual assault. Denim Day emerged from an Italian court case in which a rapist walked free because it was the opinion of the court that the 18 year old woman could not have been raped because she was wearing tight […]