Dustin Marshall
@djmmeeg.bsky.social
Biologist at Monash University interested in size, energy and life history
Careful. You’re at Stage 1: Exasperation. If you continue down this path, you could end up at Stage 2: publishing rants about the need for replication. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Careful. You’re at Stage 1: Exasperation. If you continue down this path, you could end up at Stage 2: publishing rants about the need for replication. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Very kind of you to say thanks
August 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Very kind of you to say thanks
That’s great to hear!
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
That’s great to hear!
Reposted by Dustin Marshall
I use your paper in a grad course on experimetal design and analysis. The students find it super helpful!
August 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I use your paper in a grad course on experimetal design and analysis. The students find it super helpful!
Reposted by Dustin Marshall
Aha, here it is:
bsky.app/profile/djmm...
bsky.app/profile/djmm...
I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Aha, here it is:
bsky.app/profile/djmm...
bsky.app/profile/djmm...
Personally, I think we should ditch the term pseudoreplication for a bunch of reasons, some of which I rant about in the paper.
August 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Personally, I think we should ditch the term pseudoreplication for a bunch of reasons, some of which I rant about in the paper.
Thank you for creating a wonderful workshop!!
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thank you for creating a wonderful workshop!!
The author argues ecologists are drawn to this approach because its automation makes it seem defensible. I agree but would add that to some, indecipherable complexity appears more robust, more science-y than honest simplicity. The opposite is usually but that’s human nature for you.
May 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The author argues ecologists are drawn to this approach because its automation makes it seem defensible. I agree but would add that to some, indecipherable complexity appears more robust, more science-y than honest simplicity. The opposite is usually but that’s human nature for you.