Maybe it's my own scientism bias but it seems to me: If something exists independent of what people say it is, it can be studied & understood. If something only exists as what people say it is, studying people tells us what it is. Is something missing here or are one of the premises wrong?

Where are the economists at who somehow have a dataset of all people wait listed at only one college who either did or did not get into college?

every once in a while I read a paper that changes me. If you do research involving between-Ss experiments or interpreting between-people correlations in any way (e.g. SEM) read this paper, weep, & don't ignore the implications. from Michael D Hunter pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #psych

Really crazy that so many Americans based their entire life around carrying guns to protect US from authoritarians & pedophiles, then when confronted with authoritarians & pedophiles they joined in as paramilitary terrorizing innocent civilians & protecting the pedophiles from accountability.

If you're interested in data sleuthing but aren't sure where to start, or if you're conducting a systematic review/meta-analysis and want to ensure you're not including junk studies, check out this Cochrane training session on Trustworthiness Assessment by @jdwilko.bsky.social

What is a great journal that really likes tutorial papers and re-analyses (metasciencey) that helps translate econometrics to Psychology but DOESN'T charge an APC? #psych #meta #stats

“Our findings suggest that although respondents believe that questionable research practices should not be used, they conceded there are systemic reasons some use them.” Open Acc: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... BSky authors: @sarahcaroleo.bsky.social, @jesse-fleming.bsky.social, @bryancook.bsky.social

What drives retention in online longitudinal research? We conducted an experiment (N=1,798) on @joinprolific.bsky.social, orthogonally manipulating payment rate (£6–£9/hr + bonus) and session interval (1, 2, or 4 weeks) across five sessions. The findings challenge some common assumptions 👇

My Mom: What are you working on now? Me: A Monte Carlo simulation on the lowly correlation coefficient. My Mom: I thought you were studying how memory biases influence prejudice against Kids These Days, why are you doing this? Me: What does it look like Im doing?

behold, we found great variation in how people think! Many activities that we thought would be “gaming” weren't & vice versa, eg half of the participants interpreted ‘gambling’ to be ‘gaming’. Ergo: surveying ‘gaming’ without defining it creates data mess

Some thoughts: 1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1. 2. History professors are qualified nominators. 3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence. 4. He would be so mad.

Me thinking I like reading #philosophy until I get hit with a sentence like this. Seriously, who writes this, slaps it, and says that's good that's not going anywhere? P. S. this is a footnote calling to another footnote.

Great team in a beautiful city!

Here, we start the process towards global random sampling. We can't fully get there, but we can make steps. Our framework: Cluster random sampling, proportional weighting, BTS, nonresponse bias correction. osf.io/preprints/ps... with @miguelsilan.bsky.social @grinschglsandra.bsky.social #psych

If you are interested in all things ✨causal inference✨, please join our multidisciplinary Causal Inference Interest Group (CIIG). We host monthly seminars featuring speakers with various academic backgrounds and research interests. Links below. cc @clscohorts.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social

We invite apps for our postbac fellowship in educational research and action. Postbacs engage in research on learning & learning environments, receive close mentorship from scholars across disciplines, and gain hands-on experience through community-based programs. See cladlab.nd.edu/era-fellowsh...

It’s usually about 15C when I wake up lately (my landlord won’t let me install a smart thermostat) so the butter is very hard, but I’ve discovered (maybe you all already knew this) that using a vegetable peeler to get thin slices makes cold butter so easy to spread! #lifehacks 🧈

When running an ANOVA (say, 3-groups), F is the omnibus test. Translated to OLS, 2 dummy variables, the change in R2 is the omnibus test. BUT, what if analyzing as a Structural Equation Model (in the Figure below)? Is there something that matches the Omnibus F? Or closely approximates? #stats

Yes, the concordance of the values is likely happenstance as the populations are different. Reproducibility Project = P(+ result in replication | published) This project = P(+ result | conducted)

Can you make people feel wealthier than their peers? In two direct replications, we answer: maybe? But if you can’t it does not transfer to things subjective SES correlate with. Our new work with Lily Green & @samanthajamesbrown.bsky.social #psych #meta osf.io/preprints/ps...

Great opportunity for an open science data archivist in the DC area! I was able to work with this team in 2024 through some contract work, and I highly recommend them. Please share.

I'm starting to see an increase in students wanting group projects to "get to know each other better". I always thought nothing could be more horrendous in college than a group project. Now the students yearn for them.

Do you want to work with me?:) Please spread the word! We are looking for talented Post-doc candidates for a 10-month Junior Fellowship at the Behavioral Science Center, hosted by the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS). 1/6 www.the-bs-lab.com

Was there a metascience study that shows how long it takes people to publish a paper on average? I have a memory of something like x amount of months for writing revising submitting etc #psych #metasci

Don't use LLMs, To read & review papers, This all goes away.

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

Is classification measurement? Feels like it is, but classification doesn't require quantitative structure or numbers. Which would mean measurement doesn't require quantification or numbers. Which all feels okay, unsure if that leads to contradictions or bigger problems. #stats #measurement

Fuck! Swearing may make you a little bit stronger. In 2 preregistered studies, swearing every 2s increases static strength vs. saying a neutral word. From Richard Stephens & colleagues psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #psych #exercise

🚀 Announcing the Besample Dissertation Grant (N=3,000) If you’re a Ph.D. student in psychology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, or any related field, this is your chance to get full funding for testing your theory across cultures. Apply: study.besample.app/jfe/form/SV_...

Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke. uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...

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The man who inspired Australia's teen social media ban literally did this:

Who wouldn't want this?

Workshop I gave for the Chinese University of Hong Kong now online: "Towards Collaborative and Open Research: Data Management and Project Workflows with the Open Science Framework" Technical walkthrough of the Open Science Framework after their UI refresh. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4w...

Sometimes people, like programs, get caught in a loop. These loops can last minutes, these loops can last years. But the solution is the same. Just turn it off and on again.

Realizing that the people who decide the defaults in stats programs have an unrecognized influence on all statistical analyses. #stats

Corrections to misinformation work & may increase perceptions of truth & feelings towards the target of the misinfo! For 1-2 weeks at best. From @jhchae.bsky.social, Groeling, & @hyunjinsong.bsky.social academic.oup.com/joc/advance-... #psych We need to see how long our interventions last!

Fasting for 8-48 hours shows no major effect on cognitive abilities. Longer fasting shows even less cognitive effects, but there may be some small 8-hour effects. Therefore, lunch to lunch is probably best for a 24hour fast. From Bamberg & @davidmoreau.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/psycarticles...

Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.

Wheeled toys were all the rage in the ancient world. Here are four lovely examples: a Greek horse, a Mesopotamian ram, an Iranian hedgehog & a Mesoamerican jaguar. The jaguar one is particularly cool because it shows that Mesoamericans knew about wheels; they just didn't use them for transport.

Upcoming Zoom talk: "Towards Collaborative and Open Research: Data Management and Project Workflows with the Open Science Framework" (Chinese University of Hong Kong library) Tues, Nov 25 2025, 2-330pm HK time (GMT+8) All are welcome. Registration: cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view...

I can talk for hours about BTS and especially about my dream of clinical BTS. If this sounds interesting, feel free to invite me to your department. No funding required, just cookies and (virtual) warm hugs. #BigTeamScience This work received support from the @fwf-at.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at

It is either a really good or a really bad time for my call for countries to come together and allow free collaboration and tool use between countries outside the realm of international relations problems... osf.io/preprints/ps...

the internet has decided that em-dashes are a hallmark of llm writing, which is *extremely* annoying to me, as someone who uses em-dashes all the time. dear internet please consider the possibility that LLMs use em-dashes a lot because they're, like, good

Three preregistered experiments with prolific participants (N = 2,254) found no evidence for experimenter demand effects osf.io/preprints/ps...

Ok, fine, I'm gonna make a DAG. #stats and #episky people, what is dagitty and how do I make it DAG?