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Uri Simonsohn

Why Being the Last Interview of the Day Could Crush Your Chances

When trying to get into graduate school or land a new job, applicants expect to be evaluated against the relative strength or weakness of the entire pool of candidates. But[…]

Pseudo Science: How Lack of Disclosure in Academic Research Can Damage Credibility

Jun 20, 2012
Management
North America

It sounds like a simple, straightforward proposition: Scientists should disclose how they collect and analyze the data supporting their scientific publications. Yet as Wharton professors Joseph Simmons and Uri Simonsohn[…]

Marketing Crash Course: It’s Not All Bad News When Consumers Collide with Wrong Information

Jun 23, 2010
Marketing
North America

In 2007, the editors of Consumer Reports magazine had the unenviable job of admitting that they had published an erroneous ranking showing that a number of infant car seat models[…]

Predictions and Perceptions: Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds

Aug 08, 2007
Technology
North America
mic

Prediction markets, where people bet on everything from the likelihood that a movie will be a hit to the chance that a politician will become president to whether the stock[…]

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