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How common is statistical machismo?
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What is your career stage
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Field of research
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Would you describe your research as more
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How would you describe your knowledge of statistics
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When you see a paper that is in an area of high interest to you and you see it has advanced and complex statistics do you:
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My self-identified gender is
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How often have you felt pushed by reviewers to use more COMPLEX statistics for reasons that felt to you more like showing off, gatekeeping or egotism than catching genuine mistakes or offering constructive suggestions?
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How often have you felt pushed by reviewers to user SIMPLER statistical methods due to some form of resistance to more advanced methods and not just catching mistakes or offering constructive suggestions?
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How often have you used more COMPLEX statistics than you think you need out of fear or expectations that reviewers will make you do it anyway?
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How often have you used SIMPLER statistics than you think you need out of fear or expectations that reviewers will make you do it anyway?
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How do you think using complex, advanced statistics in a manuscript changes the probability of getting into a high profile journal
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How do you think being known as a person who can and does use complex, advanced statistics affects ones professional reputation
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How do you think the use of complex, advanced statistics in an article affects its impact and citation rate
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Aside from reputation, how do you think using complex advanced statistics on average actually changes the true quality of ecological or scientific conclusions
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How often do you think the choice to use simple, traditional versus complex advanced statistics actually changes the ecological or scientific conclusions (in a qualitative, not just quantitative way)
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Regardless of complexity, how often do you feel forced by reviewers to change to statistical methods you think are inappropriate (i.e. they are not just catching mistakes or being constructive)
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Which of the following techniques do you think are pushed by reviewers when they aren't needed/won't change conclusions?
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