Thomas Rodriguez
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Perspective: Are teaching‑and‑research evaluation systems overly favourable ...
Research Idea
Publication frequency has become a dominant evaluation metric in many institutions. This creates pressure to publish often, sometimes at the expense of deeper or higher‑risk work. What is your view on balancing quantity against impact in research assessment?
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Quantity‑focused metrics favour incremental safe projects over high‑risk breakthroughs.
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Frequent publishing also pushes researchers to split results into smaller slices.
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Common pitfalls when designing survey‑based academic studies
Method Help
Survey‑based research is widely used across many fields. Poor survey instrument design, biased question wording and low‑quality respondent pools can invalidate your whole study. What recurring mistakes have you seen in survey‑driven papers?
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Leading‑worded survey questions can push respondents toward certain answers without you noticing.
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Many researchers skip formal pilot testing of their survey questionnaire before full deployment.
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