Pacific Northwest

• BELLEVUE, Wash. , Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SHEIN, a global online fashion and lifestyle retailer, today announced it will be opening a Seattle-area office in downtown Bellevue, expanding its growing U.S. footprint.
• ft. office space at Bellevue's Key Center will serve as a hub for SHEIN's U.S. fulfilment and logistics, as the company continues to localize and support speedier delivery times for American customers.
• "The U.S. is an important market for SHEIN, and we are thrilled to establish a presence in the Seattle area as we continue enhancing our fulfillment process and improving the customer experience," said Andy Huang, SHEIN's head of U.S. fulfillment and logistics.
• These skilled individuals will play a pivotal role in supporting SHEIN's continued U.S. growth and providing a seamless shopping experience for SHEIN's American customers.

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• This major initiative will enhance EV charging infrastructure in rural and disadvantaged communities in the US West Coast, including on Indigenous Tribal lands.
• EVCS, under contract to Energy Northwest, will plan, design, construct, own, and operate the new charging stations across all locations.
• Energy Northwest will manage the grant funding, leveraging their successful history of collaboration with EVCS on various infrastructure projects.
• We thank the US Department of Transportation for the CFI grant, and we are excited to work with Energy Northwest on this major initiative."

• When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review.
• Not only have academics questioned peer review reliability for decades, but the retraction of more than 10,000 research papers in 2023 set a new record.
• My adviser published some of the most widely cited studies in educational research.
• Some of the most recognized journals in learning science solicited his review of new studies.
• He answered without getting up from his chair, a printed manuscript splayed open on his lap, and waved me in.

Effects of bias

• A survey can be designed with a problematic amount of bias, even if unintentional.
• A correlation – a student who bullies other students and plays violent video games – may not be causation.
• We do not know if the student became a bully because of playing violent video games.
• Only experts within a field would be able to notice such differences, and even then, experts do not always agree on what they notice.
• Many of the issues with peer review can be addressed by professionalizing the field, either through official recognition or compensation.

Value despite challenges

• Despite these challenges, I still tell my students that peer review offers the best method for evaluating studies and advancing knowledge.
• Consider the statistical phenomenon suggesting that groups of people are more likely to arrive at “right answers” than individuals.
• Fortunately, and ironically, this is how science discredited Galton’s take on eugenics, which has overshadowed his contributions to science.

JT Torres does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.