tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890764972166411105.post3307573275836733789..comments2024-03-28T12:45:41.494+01:00Comments on Nick Brown's blog: Replication crisis: Cultural norms in the labNick Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172030184497186082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890764972166411105.post-43935838154323085832018-11-11T00:17:29.945+01:002018-11-11T00:17:29.945+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ellie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231840376889029260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890764972166411105.post-79385876502442040682018-09-18T14:09:45.886+02:002018-09-18T14:09:45.886+02:00Small correction: I used to live there (1981-1989)...Small correction: I used to live there (1981-1989). My current affiliation at the University of Groningen is entirely random --- I now live in France. But when I lived in the Netherlands, I got pretty fluent in Dutch in a year or so. Having a Dutch girlfriend was helpful. :-)Nick Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481236547943428014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890764972166411105.post-30198039240964104212018-09-18T14:02:50.767+02:002018-09-18T14:02:50.767+02:00t Dutch is actually quite an easy language to lear...<i>t Dutch is actually quite an easy language to learn.</i><br />Easy for you to say, you live there. :)<br /><br />This post reminds me of a time several years ago when I was applying for a job as data wrangler with a kinesiology research group. I pulled some of their papers and was a bit shocked to find that they were dichotomizing variables for no discernible reason. <br /><br />I am assuming that this was just "tradition" from the pre-computer days but it was a pity.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.com