GiveWell sought an independent check on the evidence supporting >$1 billion it has granted to its top charities. This fall, Alex Cohen asked whether we could obtain the datasets needed to reproduce the underlying RCTs. We said yes; charging only a modest fee to cover our time.
🧵 + 🐀 + blog post!
Friends, I have written you a book on forensic metascience.
It is free. You can have it. Happy St. Valentine's Day.
If you wish to give me a gift back, you can use it to cause trouble - the greatest gift of all.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescla...
A screenshot of the StatCheck simple edition UI. It shows text with statistical tests reported and a table of inconsistencies.
A tool I made, called StatCheck Simple Edition, is being shared on the other site. Might as well share it here too.
Copy in text with statistical tests, and it will use the StatCheck library to show you any inconsistencies. It is also a bit more flexible about formatting than the original.
Model UN, theatre club, abnormally into anything Sherlock Holmes. What a legacy of a first post - hello Bsky!
