@T_Weissgerber@fediscience.org
Meta-researcher working to improve transparency and reproducibility. Data visualization. Open and reproducible methods.
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Aug 18, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
You’re writing your methods section. You based your methods on those used in a previous paper. Should you:
A. Cite the paper instead of fully describing your methods
OR
B. Cite the paper & fully describe your methods
(thread)
Our new preprint examines the use of methodological shortcut citations. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Authors use a methodological shortcut citation when they cite another resource that may (or may not) fully describe the method.
Apr 13, 2021 • 21 tweets • 11 min read
Figures are one of the first things that many readers examine when reading a paper. How can you design effective figures with images?
See our new paper in @PLOSBiology to learn how to identify & fix common problems. 1/n journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
Papers attract a broad audience; yet interpreting figures outside ones area of expertise is often difficult.
Design figures for your audience, not for yourself (see this great paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…). Good design allows a broad audience to understand your research.
Nov 8, 2019 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
Designing better figures for small studies: Why you shouldn’t use bar graphs for continuous data and what to do instead (A Thread in Q&A format, with figures from our new @CircAHA paper)
Designing better figures for small studies: Why you shouldn’t use bar graphs for continuous data and what to do instead (A visual Q&A thread) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
“Can I still use a bar graph if my data are normally distributed?” jbc.org/content/292/50…