jackfitzgerald.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University. Working on applied econometrics, replication, and metascience. https://jack-fitzgerald.github.io. Likes/reposts aren’t endorsements, views are my own.
👤 Joined on 29 April 2024
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@jackfitzgerald.bsky.socialScience is not magically self-correcting. Someone needs to put in the time and effort to correct science. And this work should be properly appreciated.
Show PostA researcher whose work we were examining asked our chair to investigate concerns about somebody else’s publications at the same university (different field). Our investigation was now generating further allegations from someone already under scrutiny. #CRAVEFiles
Show PostOver the past two years, I4R partnered with Psychological Science (@psychscience.bsky.social) on a large reproducibility project. 67 independent teams reproduced 64 articles published in 2024–2025, about 44% of eligible papers. Paper: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10... Here's what we learned 🧵
Show PostTrialScout links published results to trial registrations using a large language model - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Show PostDoes the new shingles vaccine (Shingrix) protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD)? Yes, according to a new 'natural experiment' study in @natmed.nature.com. But the truth is sadly far less convincing! Pull up a chair and let's examine another peer review failure in a Nature journal. 1/10 🧵
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