Background Video
What is evidence-based decision making good for?
What do YOU think? Do you see a need for evidence-based decision making? If so, why? And to what extent can we expect science and scientists to help us with this?
As a reflection exercise, please watch Naomi Oreskes’ TED talk “Why we should trust scientists” (ca. 20 minutes) to learn more about the scientific method(s) and her thoughts on whether this ensures the trustworthiness of science and scientists.
Required Reading
As discussed in the introductory session, the behavioral sciences are seeing renewed interest in increasing transparency and reproducibility. Read the paper by Munafò et al. (2017) (ca. 60 minutes) to learn about some measures that are being carried out in this regard.
Munafò, M. R., Nosek, B. A., Bishop, D. V. M., Button, K. S., Chambers, C. D., Sert, du, N. P., et al. (2017). A manifesto for reproducible science. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 1–9. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0021
Session Slides