{"id":974,"date":"2016-02-21T23:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T23:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2020-07-09T17:51:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:51:55","slug":"journalists-please-report-on-data-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/journalists-please-report-on-data-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists!  Please Report on Data and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists, you can save the world with data, too! \u00a0Lucky me, I got to speak to a class of current and future journalists at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cronkite.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cronkite School<\/a> last week. \u00a0These sharp, discerning minds wanted to discuss some tough topics. Here\u2019s what we discussed:<a href=\"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/firsteval\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/color_thumb.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-975\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6159\" src=\"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/color_thumb-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/color_thumb-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/firsteval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/color_thumb.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simply put, data and research tell truths when humans can\u2019t or won\u2019t. \u00a0So, journalists should care about data and research. \u00a0Researchers need journalists to broadcasts the found truths in data.<br \/>\n<strong>Where should journalists turn for data and research resources?<\/strong> Think tanks, university research centers, and even professors\u2019 websites are great sources of the latest research and data. \u00a0Caution! Think tanks (and sources, generally speaking) can be biased. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensource.com\/Opinion&amp;Policy\/ThinkTanks.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a> is a fairly comprehensive list to guide you through the sea of spin.<br \/>\n<strong>What does bad research look like?<\/strong>\u00a0 Be sure to dive into research results and see how the scientist arrived at their conclusion. \u00a0Briefly, here are my top 5 considerations when judging research methodology: <em>sample size<\/em> (should be large; unfortunately \u201clarge\u201d means different things in different fields); <em>representativeness<\/em> (do the study participants represent the population?); <em>presence or absence of a control group<\/em> (or was it only a comparison group?); <em>randomization and experiments are hard in the social sciences; and meta-analyses<\/em> (the researcher did the journalistic work for you!).<br \/>\n<strong>How do I know when research is biased?<\/strong> Who funded the research? Did Coca-Cola fund health and wellness research? Look for alternate conclusions to the same research question and pay attention to where the research was published\u2026in a reputable journal? A biased online blog?<br \/>\n<strong>Data visualizations<\/strong> \u2013 these are the key to turning wonky, complicated scientific research into digestible nuggets for Joe Public. The Washington Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wonkblog<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a>\u00a0have led us down a path of understanding data with visual pictures (thank you!).<\/p>\n<p>Dear journalists, the world needs you to broadcast our research and data results through a critical lens. This is how you\u2019ll save the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists, you can save the world with data, too! \u00a0Lucky me, I got to speak to a class of current and future journalists at the Cronkite School last week. \u00a0These sharp, discerning minds wanted to discuss some tough topics. Here\u2019s what we discussed: Simply put, data and research tell truths when humans can\u2019t or won\u2019t. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/firsteval.com\/journalists-please-report-on-data-and-research\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Journalists!  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