Professor of Public Health; Vice president of the Statistical Society of Australia, Queensland University of Technology
Adrian Barnett researches the research process, and is interested in how health and medical research can be improved to give a better return on investment. He is the vice-president of the Statistical Society of Australia.
Here's why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data
Jan 08, 2024 22:19 pm UTC| Business
Our lives are becoming increasingly data driven. Our phones monitor our time and internet usage and online surveys discern our opinions and likes. These data harvests are used for telling us how well weve slept or what we...
Scientific fraud is rising, and automated systems won't stop it. We need research detectives
Jun 21, 2023 07:13 am UTC| Science
Fraud in science is alarmingly common. Sometimes researchers lie about results and invent data to win funding and prestige. Other times, researchers might pay to stage and publish entirely bogus studies to win an...