Håvard Karlsen - English posts

A tale of two data analysis workflows

I’m taking a break from my usual zealous proselytising of the virtues of R. Instead, let me tell you a story of two researchers.

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One year with Joplin: A retrospective on the move from Evernote

Quick note up top. I wrote this blog post mostly by dictating to my computer, as an experiment. It worked … somewhat. After dictating, I rewrote most anyway. But some weird…

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A simple demonstration of a psychological phenomenon

Today I’d like to talk about an important phenomenon in psychology that pertains to how we do research. Before we start, I’d like to give you a small test. You see, I cannot…

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Using Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes in a university setting

Some thoughts and experiences from running the game as a seminar for psychology students.

I first played Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes sometime in 2015 or 2016 and was struck by the communal state of flow that all participants entered. Hours flew by as we…

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What is the hardest question you can ask on a survey?

“Which date is it today?”, apparently.

I was browsing some survey results related to a project I worked on some time ago. We had surveyed some students in various context. It was important to know the date at…

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