Monthly Archives: September 2014

To Get More Out of Science, Show the Rejected Research

Originally posted on Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences:
CARL WIENS In a recent opinion piece on the New York Times news portal the Upshot, Brendan Nyhan, an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College, comments on a host of transparency related issues. Closely echoing the mission of BITSS, Nyhan identifies the potential of…

sherlock holmes and the princess bride

when i need to decompress, zone out, and fall asleep, i have a tendency to watch familiar, i-can-recite-by-heart movies or TV shows to help. just enough distraction to close down my other thoughts, not gripping enough to keep me awake. the ‘sherlock‘ TV series has joined these ranks. the more i watch ‘a study inContinue reading “sherlock holmes and the princess bride”

theories of change, stakeholders, imagined beneficiaries, & stealing from product design. that is, meet ‘mary.’

this post is also available, lightly edited, here. i have been thinking a lot about ‘theories of change’ this week (just did some presenting on them here!). actually, i have been thinking more about ‘conceptual models,’ which was the term by which i was first introduced to the general idea (via vic strecher in conceptualContinue reading “theories of change, stakeholders, imagined beneficiaries, & stealing from product design. that is, meet ‘mary.’”