I have become *that* bird person. I have purchased all possible beneficial seeds and suet balls. My backyard is a bird feasting ground. My reward? Only pigeons.

Today is my first university closure day in the UK. I am not supposed to login to email. I am not supposed to do work for the next five days. So... I just... leave the computer? And go... outside? On a Thursday? In April? #AcademicChatter #expat

Can't say I'm super proud of the email I sent to a journal editor this morning with the line "The revisions requested were not, in our eyes, substantial enough to warrant subsequent review that has exceeded a human pregnancy", but I haven't had enough caffeine this morning and I'm getting impatient.

Do you have research experience in health psychology, developmental psychopathology, criminal or forensic psychology? Are you into team science? Do you want to work at the University of Reading with me? Apply here! #AcademicJobs #psychology jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Enroll in my new workshop to realize your dream of learning IRT #quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky

Now that I've been in the UK for two whole weeks: (1) the food here is excellent; (2) the groceries, including pre-prepared foods, produce, and meat are better than anything I ever had in the States; (3) public transportation in even relatively small towns rivals NYC;

New paper out (free link) in Military Psychology led by our mentee and VA partners @docrobphd23.bsky.social Coping self-efficacy scale continues to show a 3-factor structure (now with dynamic fit indices) in LGBTQ+ U.S. military veterans. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQJBX...

Endorsement acquired and stage 2 of Global Talent Visa underway. Biometrics next weekend. One more hurdle and on the way to #UK #AcademicChatter #expat

Just submitted my application for endorsement for the UK Global Talent Visa. Two months until the big move! #AcademicSky #movingabroad

I believe all the official channels now know, so here’s my big announcement: I’m heading to the University of Reading in January! #AcademicSky UK social psych, stigma folks, and quant people, FIND ME!

Very please to be part of this team. @docrobphd23.bsky.social

I made one for stats papers

Hey fellow #stats and #psychometrics nerds; anyone have ideas on a nice, pretty, non-stats-friendly way to present findings of three DIF analyses REALLY QUICKLY? Coming up blank and I've only got two brain cells left this week.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of taking a workshop from CenterStat, now is your chance to do it for FREE. #stats #AcademicSky

How much you wanna bet the “psychometric threshold” they were using was Cronbach’s?

We get videos now?! Time to post the rabbit.

Quick question: does anyone out there have a good sample analytic plan section where they describe Dynamic Fit Indices to a non-quant-heavy journal audience successfully? Working on one now and it would be immensely helpful to adapt. #rstats #AcademicSky #statssky

Implementing statcheck during peer review is related to a steep decline in statistical reporting inconsistencies osf.io/preprints/ps... #MetaScience The results are credible, suggesting one should use statcheck as a low-level intervention during peer review (or earlier by the authors) 1/

How would you like to be my department chair? Come work with us! #epidemiology #AcademicSky #CommunityHealth ech.charlotte.edu/about-us/ope...

Attended last year and it was absolutely fantastic. A must for anyone who teaches methods or stats! #AcademicSky #stats

Today, an editor praised me for my peer review. Please clap. #AcademicSky

24 hours from R&R revision submission to acceptance is my new personal record. #AcademicSky

Look at all these amazing nerds! #IMPS2024 #StatsSky #AcademicSky

My brain is catching back up to US time and realizing just how much information I (sort of) absorbed at #IMPS this year. Now I feel like I need to go back and get a data science degree, because clearly I’ve got a piece missing. #rstats #StatsSky

Finally printed out the IMPS schedule and I’m dizzy with choices #rstays #StatsSky

Love being about 78% certain I’ve just paid to print a poster at the correct location in a country I’ve never been to. #IMPS #academicsky

Anyone with experience with the likert package who can offer some help with plots? I'm trying to change the names of factor variables to item text, but when I do, the plot renders with only axes; no data. If I leave the variable names as-is, the plot works fine. Anyone with some ideas? #rstats

What’re folks using to find articles now that Google Scholar seems to have shit the bed? Especially in stats/methods. #StatsSky #academicsky

It's R&R time, y'all.

Dear Qualtrics - please stop breaking things with “features”, or at least keep an “academic mode” where we don’t have to beta test your consumer-facing crap. Thanks. Sincerely, me. #StatsSky #academicsky

Current mood. #statssky #academicsky

Get ready, y’all. GIFs are my love language.

Had an excellent time with the Quant Family Collective last week talking about using IRT models for item diagnostics. Recorded here: youtu.be/T1aBiQNUO0M #StatsSky

LGCM, MLM, CART, and MSEM this summer! Oh my! And going to IMPS! I’ve reached peak nerd.

@docrobphd23.bsky.social … not a bad idea.

Out now: our latest using psychosocial predictors of latent SIRA classifications in incarcerated adults, with @docrobphd23.bsky.social (lead) & others. Link free for first 50 viewers :) authors.elsevier.com/c/1iemNaR~~i...

It took me three days to figure out how to get auto-numbering to work in Word for hanging-indent APA style references. AMA. #AcademicSky

An important takeaway for supervisors: Don't just send your students to Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy in Calgary in July. Go learn with them so you will understand what they are talking about when they return. haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccram/academy #methodology #BehSci #socialpsyc #stats #ClinPsych

Reintroducing myself for the new folks: Hi! I’m Dr. Sam and I do #stats, especially around military and veteran health, suicide risk and prevention, and other tough questions. Specialties in Stata, Mplus, and bunnies/puppies (not stats-related).

I will bet $3 that the reviewers also used AI, creating a feedback loop.

A little salty that I’m not quite at the level to respond to reviewers with “because that’s the way it’s done, dummy.” #academicsky #statssky

My birthday came early.

Of all the signs I’ve recently received that I have transitioned to “old age,” Apple Music recommending a “Classic Electronic” playlist to me (which I absolutely love) is perhaps the most salient. Classic. Electronic. Help me.

We really need to figure out a new acronym for MLMs so I’m not hearing “multilevel marketing” every time I read about one. #academicsky #stats

Honey, I underidentified the kids.

Any other #academicsky folks talk sweetly to your complex models as they run? You can do it, little guy. Just a few more iterations.

Once I can convince my husband that Maine is real, we might head that way.

I feel like I've been yelling at the void about this for the last two years, but someone seems to finally be getting it. Leniency for the sake of leniency does NOT serve students well, and we're starting to see the results. #academicsky

Really happy to have had a small hand in making this happen.