1st training event

The first MiRoR training event took place on October 19-21, 2016 in Ghent, Belgium.
PowerPoint presentations are available below.

Wednesday, October 19

08:30 – 09:30 Introduction to research on research – Waste in research
David Moher, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Canada
09:30 – 10:00 Reproducibility – insights from experiences in Computer Science and beyond
Aurélie Névéol, LIMSI – CNRS, France
10:30 – 11:30 Protocol writing
Isabelle Boutron, University Paris Descartes (UPD), France &
Jamie Kirkham, University of Liverpool (UL), United Kingdom
11:30 – 12:30 Data Management Plan
Jan Lammertyn, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium
13:30 – 15:15 General introduction to communication of research results
Wim Weber, The British Medical Journal (BMJ), United Kingdom
15:45 – 17:30 Social media and its role in the MiRoR project
Daniel Shanahan, BioMed Central (BMC), United Kingdom

Thursday, October 20

08:30 – 09:00 Tools for reproducibility – Github
Aurélie Névéol, LIMSI – CNRS, France
09:00 – 09:30 Tools for reproducibility – Markdown
Ineke van Gremberghe, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium
09:30 – 11:00 A review of basic statistical concepts variability, uncertainty and confidence intervals
Jamie Kirkham, University of Liverpool (UL), United Kingdom &
Erik Cobo, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
11:30 – 13:00 A review of basic statistical concepts: p-values and the ASA statement
A review of basic statistical concepts: evidence or decision
Jamie Kirkham, University of Liverpool (UL), United Kingdom &
Erik Cobo, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
14:00 – 15:30 Journal club – Letters to editors
Isabelle Boutron, University Paris Descartes (UPD), France &
Els Goetghebeur, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium
16:00 – 17:00 Training through action and collaboration
Isabelle Boutron, University Paris Descartes (UPD), France &
Els Goetghebeur, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium

Friday, October 21

10:30 – 11:30 Using causal diagrams to understand problems of confounding and selection bias
StijnVansteelandt, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium
11:30 – 12:30 Effect measures
StijnVansteelandt, University of Ghent (UG), Belgium
13:30 – 15:30 Adjustment for confounding in practice
Raphael Porcher, University Paris Descartes (UPD), France
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 676207
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