Felix Thoemmes
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S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
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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.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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.
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In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
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🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)
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We proudly present the winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2025! The jury has selected outstanding contributions that promote research quality around the world!
In coop w/ QUEST Center @bihatcharite.bsky.social
www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/... (1/5)
In coop w/ QUEST Center @bihatcharite.bsky.social
www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/... (1/5)
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We proudly present the winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2025! The jury has selected outstanding contributions that promote research quality around the world!
In coop w/ QUEST Center @bihatcharite.bsky.social
www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/... (1/5)
In coop w/ QUEST Center @bihatcharite.bsky.social
www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/... (1/5)
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My amazing friend and MetaMelb co-director @simine.com has won the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award! @unimelb.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social and @replicats.bsky.social are so lucky to have you
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My amazing friend and MetaMelb co-director @simine.com has won the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award! @unimelb.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social and @replicats.bsky.social are so lucky to have you
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Science is a collective effort, but @simine.com is a singular force. She is an exemplary model for all of us to follow in her commitment and action to improving science, on every dimension.
She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!
She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Science is a collective effort, but @simine.com is a singular force. She is an exemplary model for all of us to follow in her commitment and action to improving science, on every dimension.
She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!
She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!
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Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
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1/9 - Hi I'm David: impatient with repetition and fascinated by surprise.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1/9 - Hi I'm David: impatient with repetition and fascinated by surprise.
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Believe in growth mindset? Alex Burgoyne’s talk at #psynom25 might change your mind. Their meta-analysis found that growth mindset interventions did not predict academic achievement once publication bias and study quality were accounted for. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Believe in growth mindset? Alex Burgoyne’s talk at #psynom25 might change your mind. Their meta-analysis found that growth mindset interventions did not predict academic achievement once publication bias and study quality were accounted for. 1/
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Horrific use of psychological testing, up there with the 20th century's worst practices: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Horrific use of psychological testing, up there with the 20th century's worst practices: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
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I am so proud that we have such a great MS and PhD program University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). It is unique in the set of data science skills that you are trained on and preparing for the future of how data will be used to answer important societal questions.
🔍 Discover the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science at the University of Michigan, with Sunghee Lee, research professor and director of MPSDS.
📊 Ready to shape the future with data? Learn more at: surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu
Watch the video: myumi.ch/VVZmN
#GoBlue #SurveyScience
📊 Ready to shape the future with data? Learn more at: surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu
Watch the video: myumi.ch/VVZmN
#GoBlue #SurveyScience
🔍 Discover the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science
YouTube video by UMISR
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November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I am so proud that we have such a great MS and PhD program University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). It is unique in the set of data science skills that you are trained on and preparing for the future of how data will be used to answer important societal questions.
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Belated but hopefully still exciting #rstats news: bridgesampling version 1.2-1 has just arrived on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=brid...
We now finally provide cmdstanr support (!) plus Monte Carlo Standard Error (MCSE), both thx to Giorgio Micaletto and @avehtari.bsky.social!
We now finally provide cmdstanr support (!) plus Monte Carlo Standard Error (MCSE), both thx to Giorgio Micaletto and @avehtari.bsky.social!
bridgesampling: Bridge Sampling for Marginal Likelihoods and Bayes Factors
Provides functions for estimating marginal likelihoods, Bayes factors, posterior model probabilities, and normalizing constants in general, via different versions of bridge sampling (Meng & Wong, ...
cran.r-project.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Belated but hopefully still exciting #rstats news: bridgesampling version 1.2-1 has just arrived on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=brid...
We now finally provide cmdstanr support (!) plus Monte Carlo Standard Error (MCSE), both thx to Giorgio Micaletto and @avehtari.bsky.social!
We now finally provide cmdstanr support (!) plus Monte Carlo Standard Error (MCSE), both thx to Giorgio Micaletto and @avehtari.bsky.social!
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Sending this to literally every person I know doing online surveys. Basically, unless you know your universe of respondents (e.g., govt employees, elected officials, etc), everything else is suspect.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sending this to literally every person I know doing online surveys. Basically, unless you know your universe of respondents (e.g., govt employees, elected officials, etc), everything else is suspect.
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#dataviz This kind of plot, showing the distribution on the logit scale, and also on the probability scale is a great idea!! 😍
The default prior for the intercept in both {rstanarm} and {brms} are very wide.
Counterintuitively - being on the logit scale, this is actually translates to a **strong** prior that p(y=1) is near 1 or near 0.
Always check your priors!
#rstats
Counterintuitively - being on the logit scale, this is actually translates to a **strong** prior that p(y=1) is near 1 or near 0.
Always check your priors!
#rstats
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
#dataviz This kind of plot, showing the distribution on the logit scale, and also on the probability scale is a great idea!! 😍
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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i haven't had enough time to form an impression of Gemini 3 globally, but it remains just as much of a natural-born illusionist as all the other models. takes almost no work to get it to give up the ghost on consciousness
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
i haven't had enough time to form an impression of Gemini 3 globally, but it remains just as much of a natural-born illusionist as all the other models. takes almost no work to get it to give up the ghost on consciousness
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Computational notebooks - the first in a set of posts on this topic. russpoldrack.substack.com/p/computatio...
Computational notebooks
Better Code, Better Science: Chapter 6, Part 4
russpoldrack.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Computational notebooks - the first in a set of posts on this topic. russpoldrack.substack.com/p/computatio...
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I'm so so happy to be part of the @improvingpsych.org executive committee! SIPS has been an anchor and inspiration for me for many years, and I'm excited to be able to contribute to its important work!✨ #OpenScience
Unsere Kollegin @lspitzer.bsky.social ist ab Januar 2026 im Vorstand der @improvingpsych.org | Our colleague Lisa Spitzer joins SIPS Executive Committee 💐
👉 leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
👉 leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/deta...
Lisa Spitzer joins SIPS Executive Committee
ZPID employee elected to SIPS Executive Committee
leibniz-psychology.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I'm so so happy to be part of the @improvingpsych.org executive committee! SIPS has been an anchor and inspiration for me for many years, and I'm excited to be able to contribute to its important work!✨ #OpenScience
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It takes an exceptionally gifted bird to maintain such a pleasing clutch arrangement.
"Nesthetics" would be a great topic for a coffee table book.
"Nesthetics" would be a great topic for a coffee table book.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It takes an exceptionally gifted bird to maintain such a pleasing clutch arrangement.
"Nesthetics" would be a great topic for a coffee table book.
"Nesthetics" would be a great topic for a coffee table book.
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What survey instrument are folks using to measure perceived learning in college students? This is waaaay outside my field, so any help is appreciated!
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What survey instrument are folks using to measure perceived learning in college students? This is waaaay outside my field, so any help is appreciated!
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Amazing progress from @sonrai.bsky.social on the Introduction to Data Stewardship microcredit. Big congrats to the team involved. Please consider including this small cost into your grant applications to ensure your research team is well trained.
www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/
www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/
DH5001: Introduction to Data Stewardship | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Amazing progress from @sonrai.bsky.social on the Introduction to Data Stewardship microcredit. Big congrats to the team involved. Please consider including this small cost into your grant applications to ensure your research team is well trained.
www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/
www.ucc.ie/en/dh5001/