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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 1d

ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!

Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.

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Felix Thoemmes @felixthoemmes.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks Andres. Nice to hear from you!

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 16h

One of the best things I did in Amsterdam is to tell students that I’d make the taped lectures only available to them when the average turnout at lectures was 67%. Taught them a lesson on collective goods and coordination. It worked!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17h

'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'

Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Jan Vanhove @janhove.bsky.social · 1d

New blog post: Clarifying research questions by sketching possible outcomes

janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...

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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 1d

New preprint from member of FORRT - How to Develop and Use Open Educational Resources 📣

In this chapter, we position Open Educational Resources (OERs) as not only cost-saving tools but as instruments of epistemic justice and inclusion.

📃 osf.io/preprints/ed...

🧵👇

OSF

osf.io

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Pausal Zivference @pausalz.bsky.social · 2d

For years I had trouble following some of the discussion about confidence bands, but at ACIC this year @noahgreifer.bsky.social pointed me to a helpful paper

So you don't have to be as perplexed as I once was, we have a new pre-print introducing the key ideas
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07076

Confidence Regions for Multiple Outcomes, Effect Modifiers, and Other Multiple Comparisons

In epidemiology, some have argued that multiple comparison corrections are not necessary as there is rarely interest in the universal null hypothesis. From a parameter estimation perspective, epidemio...

arxiv.org

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

There was a great post by someone saying that choosing to use an LLM for coding is always like choosing to be the hare in the 'hare and tortoise'.

You set off quickly but inevitably run into problems. Eventually your counterfactual tortoise self - who did by building knowledge - walks past.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 2d

Three things that are probably worth knowing about the 'Stanford top 2% scientists' metric that people are sharing.

1. It's based on a rather subjective 'C-score', where:

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 4d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 5d

We're looking for an experimental psychologist in Witten. Contact me if you have questions about the job (I'm not on the commission, so can talk freely :-)
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/59638545...

Universitätsprofessur für Experimentelle Psychologie (W2-analog) bei Universität Witten/Herdecke

Wir suchen: Universitätsprofessur für Experimentelle Psychologie (W2-analog) (Vollzeit) • Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, 58455 Witten, Deutschland

uni-wh.softgarden.io

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 5d

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship "invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—poised to significantly contribute to U.S. society, culture, or their academic field. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in financial support over two years."

Why Become a Fellow – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Apply for a Paul & Daisy Soros fellowship and become one of the thirty New Americans— immigrants or the children of immigrants—who are pursuing graduate

pdsoros.org

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 5d

I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.

Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

The ELLIS mission is to create a diverse European network that promotes research excellence and advances breakthroughs in AI, as well as a pan-European PhD program to educate the next generation of AI...

ellis.eu

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 5d

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · 7d

Also - contrast b/w the response when I advocate teaching R instead of SPSS -- "No hurry, let's not rush into it" (still waiting) -- & others re: use of LLMs -- "It's inevitable, we're behind; need it implement it ASAP!" -- is telling. Learning to code is freeing. Overhyped LLMs create dependency.

Excerpt from Guest & van Rooij, 2025:

As Danielle Navarro (2015) says about shortcuts through us-
ing inappropriate technology, which chatbots are, we end up dig-
ging ourselves into “a very deep hole.” She goes on to explain:

"The business model here is to suck you in during
your student days, and then leave you dependent on
their tools when you go out into the real world. [...]
And you can avoid it: if you make use of packages
like R that are open source and free, you never get
trapped having to pay exorbitant licensing fees." (pp.
37–38)

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 7d

Happy fall y'all

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 8d

Research output after tenure drops off a cliff for business, economics, sociology, and other non-lab fields.

But it remains high post-tenure in lab-based fields such as chemistry, physics, computer science, and engineering.
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Katie Gates @kgates.bsky.social · 8d

UNC is hiring in Quantitative Psychology! Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Please share widely! Find details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 8d

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 8d

Open Science Professor ship at HU Berlin
www.academics.de/jobs/w2-prof...

W2-Professur "Open Science" an der Philosophischen Fakultät - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin bietet Stelle als W2-Professur "Open Science" an der Philosophischen Fakultät in Berlin - jetzt bewerben!

www.academics.de

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar 🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇦 @mattansb.msbstats.info · 8d

Starting up a new @quarto.org file.

Filling in the yaml header.

title: "supporting the null in the Bayesian framework"
author: -- copilot suggests @mjskay.com

What a flex! 💪

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 8d

Post a favorite econ paper: Lichter et al. (2021, JEEA) @sigginho.bsky.social

Regions with higher Stasi spy density in East Germany still show lower trust, lower incomes, higher unemployment, and less entrepreneurship decades after reunification.

Open-access link: doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

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Josh Miller @jdmiller.bsky.social · 8d

Apropos of recent open science conversations - this paper is an awesome primer for grad students and faculty who want to learn more: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Easing Into Open Science: A Guide for Graduate Students and Their Advisors

This article provides a roadmap to assist graduate students and their advisors to engage in open science practices. We suggest eight open science practices that novice graduate students could begin ad...

online.ucpress.edu

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 9d

Want to bring causal thinking into qualitative or mixed methods research? @macartan.bsky.social & @alanjacobs.bsky.social show how to build causal models & use Bayesian reasoning to link theory with data, guide case & method choices, & combine within- & cross-case evidence.
👉 t1p.de/qual_mix_meth_26

GESIS Workshop
Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
27 to 28 January 2026 / Cologne
Macartan Humphreys & Alan M. Jacobs

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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 9d

We have a new preprint out - continuing to try and move the needle on improving research in clinical psych

Josh Miller @jdmiller.bsky.social · 9d

New paper led by @drlynam.bsky.social on the need for more training in and engagement with open science practices in clinical psych programs. It has been difficult to make progress due to a variety of barriers, including students working in labs uninterested or hostile to these approaches.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 9d

The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd

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