Statistical significance is a highly technical, nuanced mathematical concept. Journalists who cover academic research should have a basic understanding of what it represents and the controversy surrounding it.
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Researchers urge newsrooms to present scientific errors and academic journal retractions as part of science’s self-correction process.
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Five tips for understanding and interpreting effect size — a measure of the strength of an association between two variables.
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In this Q&A, media scholar John Wihbey explains what journalists and newsrooms can learn from his new book, The Social Fact: News and Knowledge in a Networked World.
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The staff of Journalist’s Resource offers advice on how to find, understand and use academic research to ground a story and fact-check claims.
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