Materials

Guidelines, templates and reference documents for both parts of the workshop.

Recommended reading

Background papers on hypothesis testing and literature synthesis.

Platt (1964) — Strong Inference

Classic paper on formulating and testing alternative hypotheses — relevant to the grant writing part

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Fudge (2014) — Fifty years of J. R. Platt's strong inference

Retrospective commentary with a practical step-by-step version of Platt's method

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Foo et al. (2021) — A practical guide to question formation, systematic searching and study screening

Step-by-step guide for conducting a systematic search in ecology and evolution

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Nakagawa et al. (2019) — Research Weaving: Visualizing the Future of Research Synthesis

Combines systematic mapping and bibliometrics for research synthesis

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