We chat with Sakshi Ghai (University of Cambridge) about why we should diversify sample diversity and retire the Western, educated, rich, industrialized and democratic (WEIRD) dichotomy in the behavioral sciences
Links to stuff we discuss:
Sakshi's piece (https://rdcu.be/cyKEQ) in Nature Human Behavior
Many Labs 2 paper (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2515245918810225)
The ‘helicopter' research piece (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01795-1)
Joseph Heinrich’s recent book, The WEIRDest People in the World (https://www.amazon.com/WEIRDest-People-World-Psychologically-Particularly-ebook/dp/B07RZFCPMD)
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, September 20) "141: Why we should diversify study samples (with Sakshi Ghai)", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/J9E6W
Special Guest: Sakshi Ghai.