Tip sheets and explainers to help journalists understand academic research methods, find and recognize high-quality research, investigate scientific misconduct and research errors, and avoid missteps when reporting on new studies and public opinion polls.
2016 tip sheet from The Poynter Institute that explains how to report on changes in risk as it relates to health and medical studies and pharmaceutical trials.
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A 2016 list of math-related resources for media professionals of various experience and backgrounds.
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Tutorial on how to use the programming language Python to scrape website data from a local county prison roster. The exercise highlights website source code and data structures.
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2015 roundup of studies and related news articles that provide material for studying and improving techniques and approaches to writing about research.
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From “sample” to “confounding variables,” a compilation of useful statistical concepts with which journalism students and working journalists should be familiar.
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Scholarly research is a great source for rigorous, unbiased information, but making judgments about its quality can be difficult. Here are some important questions to ask when reading studies.
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2015 roundup of useful materials and tip sheets that can help journalists improve their mathematical reasoning skills and reduce errors across a range of subjects.
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Review of how to use Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search in order to locate and leverage networks of scholarly experts.
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Terms and concepts relating to academic research methods, theories and ways of thinking about questions.
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Curriculum overview with links to a variety of materials that help foster basic research competencies.
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