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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 7h

What are different ways you can control a variable? We use a three category framework: Constrain Limiting the range Distribute Distributing the range across groups Test Making a comparison group or adjusting for effect All three help address a variable's potential influence on an experiment.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Controls can play different roles in your research design. In this Behind the Scenes clip, C4R Senior Curriculum Developer, Karen Word, walks us through Constrain, Distribute, Test, the framework used in our Controls unit. Explore our free Controls unit: c4r.io/units

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You're testing Compound X, which you dissolve in DMSO. After treatment, you observe a difference. What comparison best separates the effect of Compound X and the solvent (DMSO)? This week we're diving deeper into our free online unit, Controls: Clarity, not coincidence.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Help shape the next C4R scientific rigor units by becoming a beta tester! Beta testers receive $100 for each curriculum unit they complete and review. Become a beta tester. Complete the 2-minute interest form by October 12,2026. link.c4r.io/beta-testing More details below.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We are hiring a Senior Curriculum Developer to join our team! 💪 Join a team helping to build a rigorous, collaborative research community 📚️ Design and develop new C4R educational materials ✏️ Teach the materials in classrooms and at conferences. Interested? Apply today! buff.ly/Rh3bKpJ

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What scientific rigor topic do you wish more researchers talked about? At C4R26, our annual conference dedicated to scientific rigor, we asked attendees to answer this question on The Rigor Wall. What would you add to The Rigor Wall?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for C4R26! Throughout the conference, we learned together, shared ideas, and strengthened the scientific rigor community. We even had a few laughs along the way. Thank you for being a part of this community. We're already excited for what comes next!

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔴 Live today from #C4R26! Join us online for today's livestreamed sessions: 🕤️ 9:45 | Adopting C4R Materials at Your Institutions | Elizabeth Sneddon 🕦️ 11:30 | Building Communities for Research Rigor: A Conversation with Dimitris Boufidis 📺️ Watch live: buff.ly/eqQp2KK #ScientificRigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔴 Live today from #C4R26! 🕤️ 9:30 | C4R Innovation Showcase Session 📺️ Watch live: buff.ly/d0TFA4g 🕦️ 11:30 | Strengthening Rigor Through Open Research and Evaluation 📺️ Watch live: buff.ly/j76im1K 🕐️ 1:00 | Sample Size C4R Curriculum Lesson Demo 📺️ Watch live: buff.ly/Gp7zCfA #ScientificRigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🔴 C4R26 is live! Join us today from 4-5:30 pm ET as Dr. Simine Vazire presents: Can Science Correct Itself? Lessons from Psychology's Reproducibility Movement 📺️ Watch live: buff.ly/S2pGkxL #C4R26 #reproducibility #ScientificRigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rigor starts with the decisions we make long before we see the results. Scientific rigor is built throughout the research process, from how to frame the question to how to analyze and visualize the data. Which early research decision do you think has the biggest downstream impact?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How do you make rigorous research a part of everyday scientific training? At C4R26, Adopting C4R Materials at Your Institutions will open a discussion on how we can best integrate our materials into your research communities. Join the conversation: 📅 September 30 🕘️ 9:45 AM ET 📍 Philadelphia

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See you next week in Philadelphia! 🎉 In just a few days, researchers and educators from around the world will come together for three days focused entirely on scientific rigor. Which part of C4R26 are you most excited about?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What's your rigor take? Do you have a strong opinion on a scientific rigor topic? Are there practices, or assumptions that you think deserve more debate?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Are you interested in collaborating with C4R? NIH recently published a highlighted topic on “Enhancing Scientific Rigor, Transparency, and Replicability”. Ideas include: Incorporating rigor education into scientific conferences, workshops or training programs. please reach out: community@c4r.io.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What false claim about scientific rigor could stump even an experienced researcher? As C4R26, we'll be playing Um, Actually: Rigor Edition. Share yours below. We'll choose our favorites to test our contestants. 📅 September 30 at 9 AM ET 📍 Philadelphia 🎟️ FREE 🔗 buff.ly/msZtMpt

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

At the C4R Innovation Showcase, we'll share some of our instructional materials and activities we've been developing. And we want your input. Come see what we're building and help shape what comes next. 📅 September 29 at 9:30 AM ET 📍 Philadelphia 🎟️ C4R26 is free with RSVP 🔗 c4r.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There's still time to register for C4R26! Keynote speaker Simine Vazire will explore what's psychology's reproducibility movement can teach us about building a research culture that rewards rigor, and transparency. 📅 September 28-30, 2026 📍 Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 buff.ly/0revg0B

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NIH recently published a highlighted topic on “Enhancing Scientific Rigor, Transparency, and Replicability”. There are many ways C4R materials could support a proposal. If you're interested in a collaboration with C4R, please reach out to us: community@c4r.io and let's start a conversation.

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Registration for C4R26 is still free and open! The agenda is live 👀 3 talks 3 workshops 5 games 1 conference dedicated entirely to rigor! 📅 September 28-30 📍 Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 buff.ly/0revg0B

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Meet Dimitris, one of our C4R26 speakers! 👋 At C4R26, Dimitris Boufidis, will discuss his experience in creating and growing a student-led organization, from involvement to funding to sustaining a community. 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 c4r.io/conference

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rigor is more fun together! What better way to test your rigor prowess than with a little friendly competition at C4R26? This year, we’re going beyond talks and workshops with games designed to get people thinking, debating, laughing, and cheering each other on. Come ready to play!

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rigor starts before results. A convincing result may look promising on the surface. It means a lot less if the study design has poor controls, bias, and isn't using meaningful outcome measures. What part of experimental design do you think most often gets overlooked?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Controls: Clarity, not coincidence 🧪 Find answers to: Implementing negative and positive controls Limiting bias Keeping controls rigorous Explore C4R's free Controls unit and strengthen your research decisions. #ExperimentalControls #ResearchMethods #AcademicResearch

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🎉 We are excited to welcome Katie Corker as a featured speaker at C4R26! 💬 "Strengthening Rigor Through Open Research and Evaluation" 📅 September 29, 11:30 am ET 📍 Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 link in bio #Preprints #OpenScience #Science

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Behind the Scenes with C4R's Curriculum Team You see C4R's units. Now meet the rigorous team behind them. We asked our Curriculum Team to share their perspectives on teaching scientific rigor. Today, we hear from Anne Huntemer-Silveira. #PhDSky #ScienceEducation #GraduateEducation

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Meet Simine Vazire 👋 We are bringing together leading voices in research rigor at C4R26. We are looking forward to hearing her perspective at C4R26. We hope you'll join us this fall to hear her perspective on rigor. RSVP @ c4r.io/conference #C4R26 #Metascience #ResearchTransparency

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

At C4R26 this year, we will feature a workshop on Sample Size: Strength in Numbers. Dig into why sample size matters. Learn how to estimate sample size for your next research project. C4R26 is coming quickly! 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 c4r.io/conference #SampleSize #ResearchMethods #AcademicResearch

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What is the goal of randomization? ⚖️ The goal isn't to create perfectly balanced groups. It isn't just generating a sequence that looks random to the eyes. 👀 🎲 Randomization is a method that helps protect an experiment from systematic biases. #ResearchMethods #AcademicSky

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Meet our C4R26 speakers 👋 🔬 @kordinglab.bsky.social 🧠 Simine Vazire 📚️ @katiecorker.bsky.social 🌎️ Dimitris Boufidis We hope you'll join us in Philadelphia! 📅 September 28-30, 2026 📍 Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 c4r.io/conference #C4R26 #AcademicResearch #ScienceCommunity

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

At C4R26 you will: 🤝 Grow your network 💭 Join thoughtful debates 🛠️ Build new practical skills 🙌 Get hands-on with rigor 🐦‍⬛ Find your community 📅 September 28-30, 2026 📍 Philadelphia, PA 🎟️ Free with registration 🔗 Register: c4r.io/conference #C4R26 #AcademicResearch #ScienceEducation

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🤔 We often expect randomness to look a certain way. Our brains get suspicious when we see clusters, repeated values, or long runs. We may even dismiss them as not random. You can flip a coin to heads 5 times in a row. It is still random. #Randomization #StudyDesign #ResearchMethods

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Searching for papers for a literature review takes practice. In this walkthrough, @hao-and-y.bsky.social shows how PubMed field tags can make your search more targeted. 🔎 [tiab] searches titles and abstracts 🔎 AND connects separate concepts #PubMed #ResearchMethods

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

📢 Join us September 28-30, 2026, in Philadelphia for C4R26, a free conference dedicated entirely to scientific rigor. Com build practical skills, join thoughtful conversations, and find your rigor community. 🔗 Register today: c4r.io/conference #C4R26 #AcademicLife

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Does it ever feel like you’re drowning in research papers and still not finding the ones you need? It may be your search strategy. Try this: 1. Identify knowledge gaps. 2. Ask focused questions. 3. Search and evaluate the evidence. 4. Integrate what you learn. #ResearchMethods #AcademicLife

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Come join our team! 🎉 We are currently hiring multiple roles: - Curriculum Team Manager - Communications and Partnership Manager Interested? Apply today! Curriculum: buff.ly/5lP77lj Communications: buff.ly/od7uwkH #ScienceJobs #ResearchTraining #SciComm

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Are you a scientist with experience in communications? Come join our team! We are hiring a Communications and Partnerships Manager! - Lead a team - Own strategy - Create relationships - Plan events Interested? Apply today! buff.ly/od7uwkH #ScienceJobs #SciComm #NonprofitJobs

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Registration is open for C4R26, a free conference in Philadelphia all about scientific rigor. 🎉 📍 Philadelphia, PA 📅 September 28 to 30, 2026 🎟️ Free with RSVP 🔗 Register today @ c4r.io/conference We hope you'll join us in the fall! #ScienceConference #ScienceCommunity

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are you a PhD who cares about how scientific rigor is taught? C4R is hiring a Curriculum Team Manager. Hybrid, with remote eligibility for strong candidates. Apply: buff.ly/5lP77lj #ScienceJobs #CurriculumDesign #ScienceEducation

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We asked our Curriculum Lead, @hao-and-y.bsky.social, what a key takeaway was for our Search and Research module. Turns out, it's all about the syntax. Stringing together research topics with "AND" or "OR" can give you a very precise set of papers. What's your literature research tip?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

After 3 years with C4R, Hao Ye is off to his next adventure. We appreciate his expertise, care, and creativity he brought to C4R. He'll be deeply missed. Thank you Hao! #ScienceEducation #CurriculumDesign #ScientificRigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What makes a research conference worth attending? For us its the practical skills, thoughtful debate, and people you want to keep talking with after the session ends. That’s what we’re building for C4R26. Which part would bring you to Philadelphia? #C4R26 #ScientificRigor

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What resource do you open first when researching a new topic? 📚 Databases: focused, rigorous, reproducible searches 🔎 Search engines: broad discovery 💬 LLMs: synthesis or explanation, with claims and citations checked Each has a job. What does your workflow look like? #ResearchMethods

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy retirement, Dr. Shai Silberberg! 🎉 Shai’s vision, leadership, and commitment to research quality helped make C4R possible. Throughout his time at NINDS, he championed scientific rigor, transparency, and reproducibility. #ScientificRigor #Neuroscience

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What’s one literature search tip you wish you’d learned before grad school? For us, it’s search syntax: “ ” keeps phrases together OR includes synonyms AND connects concepts ( ) groups related terms That’s one of many ways to make your search work better. What’s your tip?

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Four new C4R units are ready to explore 🎉 🔎 Search and Research 🧪 Controls 🎲 Randomization 📊 Data Visualization Use them on your own, with a lab, or in a course. Which of these would help your research right now? c4r.io/units #OpenEducation #ResearchMethods #ScienceTeaching

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Where do you see confirmation bias sneaking into research? Test your eye and help us improve the free online module: c4r.io/units #ConfirmationBias #CognitiveBias #ResearchPractice

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Registration is now open for C4R26 🎉 Join us Sep 28 to 30, 2026 in Philadelphia for a free conference dedicated to scientific rigor, practical research skills, methodology workshops, and building better science together. Register at c4r.io/conference #ScientificRigor #ResearchTraining

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Take a peek inside C4R’s Confirmation Bias unit 👀 This short walkthrough shows the lessons, activities, teaching materials, and textbook built to help researchers spot bias and make stronger decisions. Help us beta test it: buff.ly/43cpjdV #ConfirmationBias #ResearchMethods #ScienceEducation

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Community for Rigor @comm4rigor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We all know reproducibility is a challenge in research. But small changes can still have a big impact. What is one small, high-impact change you wish more researchers used? Or one thing you’ll try in your next manuscript, experiment, or analysis? #Reproducibility #ResearchMethods #ScientificRigor

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