MYW S03 Episode 04 – Data Literacy Part 2: Analyzing Data

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Mind Your Work

Jose Espinoza; Nicholas Bremner

35 episodes

9 months ago

Mind Your Work is a podcast about investigating and understanding the human aspects of work through science. Scientists have uncovered important and interesting insights about work that many of us don’t ever get to hear. Research on people at work is also advancing rapidly making it hard to keep up. The hosts, Nicholas Bremner and Jose Espinoza, are Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and they dive into the research aiming to inform, educate, and entertain. They sum up what scientists know, how it’s being applied, and how it could affect us in the future.

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MYW S03 Episode 04 – Data Literacy Part 2: Analyzing Data

Mind Your Work

44 minutes 31 seconds

4 years ago

MYW S03 Episode 04 – Data Literacy Part 2: Analyzing Data

Okay, we’ve got a research question and some data! Now what? In this episode, we talk about common analytical techniques used in the social sciences (particularly industrial and organizational psychology) and what questions they can help answer. We also talk about the only “true” way to demonstrate that X causes Y and cover some common things to watch out for when conducting analysis.

Timestamps:
1:00: Statistics and how we’re teaching them the wrong way
6:10: Describing data vs making inferences with data
9:40: Describing survey data with “percent favorability”
13:55: Why Jose thinks (knows) descriptive stats are great
17:08: Let’s talk about correlations and shark attacks
23:05: T-tests
32:23: Experimental design 101
36:13: Statistical pitfalls
40:48: Wrap-up

Mentioned This Episode:
Tyler Vigen – Spurious Correlations
Science Forum – Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for
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Credits:
Our intro and outro music is “Ingenuity” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0). You can find more of Lee’s music at https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/. Our transition music for this episode is “Tech Toys” also by Lee; licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0).

Logo Artwork by Antonella Espinoza. Find her at @ellaspin on Twitter!