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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

Applied Behavioral Science for Health and Well-Being

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Types of Statistical Validity: What You’re Measuring and How to Do It

Statistical validity is one of those things that is vitally important in conducting and consuming social science research, but less than riveting to learn about. […]

Psychology , TeachingPosted on: August 11, 2014

Disclosing Personal Information? It May Be Less Embarrassing To Tell It To a Computer Than a Doctor

Most of the data I work with is self-report, provided by a user to a database via a device like a computer or a mobile […]

Health , PsychologyPosted on: July 15, 2014October 18, 2016

Marrying Health and Consumer Data: Insightful or Invasive?

Would you change your behavior if you knew your doctor could keep tabs on you? Would you pause before putting the chocolate or the chips […]

PsychologyPosted on: July 2, 2014

Big Brother’s in Your Pocket!

OK, I chose the post title just to be alarmist. I don’t really think that wearable and integrated trackers (for example, to count your daily […]

Innovation , PsychologyPosted on: May 21, 2014

The Power of Goals and Progress Tracking

After the Boston Marathon on Monday, the New York Times has a thought provoking analysis of marathon finish times. Theoretically, marathon finish times should be […]

Motivation , RunningPosted on: April 23, 2014September 10, 2014

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