James E. Pustejovsky
@jepusto.bsky.social
Statistician interested in meta-analysis, data science, R, special education. Associate Professor at UW Madison. Also @[email protected]
https://jepusto.com
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James E. Pustejovsky
@jepusto.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Okay made a starter pack for folks into evidence synthesis, systematic review, meta-analysis. I've surely missed people, so please ping with suggestions or self-nominations.
go.bsky.app/JLw77VZ
go.bsky.app/JLw77VZ
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Thinking of running an RCT in postsecondary education?
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
Resources for Supporting Postsecondary Education Randomized Controlled Trials | MDRC
www.mdrc.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Thinking of running an RCT in postsecondary education?
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
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Madison, Wisconsin — 2026
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Madison, Wisconsin — 2026
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I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
More of this type of careful meta-research, please. #SystematicReview #MetaAnalysis
Short thread on our new paper. We use face mask efficacy research as a “stress test” for systematic review methods. We analysed 66 systematic reviews of face mask efficacy; they reached widely different conclusions (~half said they work, half said that evidence of efficacy was lacking). 1/
Our new paper:
Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy
#episky #healthpolicy #medsky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy
#episky #healthpolicy #medsky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
More of this type of careful meta-research, please. #SystematicReview #MetaAnalysis
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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
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Evidence synthesis folks, I have a social sciences research team that wants to include scoping reviews (as well as the usual systematic reviews) in an umbrella review. What do you think about that?
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Evidence synthesis folks, I have a social sciences research team that wants to include scoping reviews (as well as the usual systematic reviews) in an umbrella review. What do you think about that?
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Glad to see this work by #sanfordstudent published on the problems of translating effect sizes in educational research into months/years of learning. People assume the same annual growth (in a grade) on any test when it actually differs quite a lot across tests. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Glad to see this work by #sanfordstudent published on the problems of translating effect sizes in educational research into months/years of learning. People assume the same annual growth (in a grade) on any test when it actually differs quite a lot across tests. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. (Not that) Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. (Not that) Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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WANTED! Collaborators for a Big Team Science Systematic Review on Statistical Software in #StatsEd, led by @alyssacounsell.bsky.social (RoSE Statistics Software SIG Lead), @maddipow.bsky.social (@forrt.bsky.social rt.bsky.social Director of Education & Pedagogy), & @richharrisleeds.bsky.social. 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
WANTED! Collaborators for a Big Team Science Systematic Review on Statistical Software in #StatsEd, led by @alyssacounsell.bsky.social (RoSE Statistics Software SIG Lead), @maddipow.bsky.social (@forrt.bsky.social rt.bsky.social Director of Education & Pedagogy), & @richharrisleeds.bsky.social. 1/2
Coming up in 1 hour (11 am CST)...
You don't want to miss the next @srma-sig.bsky.social webinar on "A meta-review on the methodological quality of education intervention meta-analyses" featuring work by #MartaPellegrini, @terripigott.bsky.social and colleagues!
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social #MetaAnalysis #SystematicReview
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social #MetaAnalysis #SystematicReview
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Coming up in 1 hour (11 am CST)...
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Anyone on here have experience with Springer's ResearchSquare preprint service? I have two different papers under review where the preprints are shared through this. There's some nice features to it but I'm starting to discover there's some other quite questionable aspects to its design.
November 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Anyone on here have experience with Springer's ResearchSquare preprint service? I have two different papers under review where the preprints are shared through this. There's some nice features to it but I'm starting to discover there's some other quite questionable aspects to its design.
Just got an email from Web of Science that an article I reviewed had been published in the journal. That's funny, I thought, I still owe the journal my review of the revised version. Did the editor accept the paper without my review? (And can I scratch it off my to-do list?)
Turns out, no...
Turns out, no...
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just got an email from Web of Science that an article I reviewed had been published in the journal. That's funny, I thought, I still owe the journal my review of the revised version. Did the editor accept the paper without my review? (And can I scratch it off my to-do list?)
Turns out, no...
Turns out, no...
Here's your utterly inconsequential statistics trivia question for the day. (I ask because I don't know but would like to find appropriate keywords.) Complete the analogies:
L1 loss : Laplace distribution
as
L2 loss : Gaussian distribution
as
L3 loss : ???
as
L4 loss : ???
L1 loss : Laplace distribution
as
L2 loss : Gaussian distribution
as
L3 loss : ???
as
L4 loss : ???
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here's your utterly inconsequential statistics trivia question for the day. (I ask because I don't know but would like to find appropriate keywords.) Complete the analogies:
L1 loss : Laplace distribution
as
L2 loss : Gaussian distribution
as
L3 loss : ???
as
L4 loss : ???
L1 loss : Laplace distribution
as
L2 loss : Gaussian distribution
as
L3 loss : ???
as
L4 loss : ???
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As co-chair of AERA's @srma-sig.bsky.social, I am pleased to announce our Fall 2025 webinar series focused on meta-analysis and systematic reviews!
On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As co-chair of AERA's @srma-sig.bsky.social, I am pleased to announce our Fall 2025 webinar series focused on meta-analysis and systematic reviews!
On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Two open positions on COS's research team!
Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Please share w/colleagues
Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Please share w/colleagues
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Two open positions on COS's research team!
Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Please share w/colleagues
Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
Please share w/colleagues
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Psychological Methods invites early-career psychologists to apply to be a 2026 Editorial Fellow. This year kicked off our EF program -- it was enriching for the EFs and rewarding for everyone involved. Let's do it again!
For details:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
@apajournals.bsky.social
For details:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
@apajournals.bsky.social
www.apa.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Psychological Methods invites early-career psychologists to apply to be a 2026 Editorial Fellow. This year kicked off our EF program -- it was enriching for the EFs and rewarding for everyone involved. Let's do it again!
For details:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
@apajournals.bsky.social
For details:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
@apajournals.bsky.social
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Everyone should really listen to this episode. One of the things I appreciate most about The War on Cars is that so much of what they discuss is applicable not just to urbanism/livable streets issues, but to broader progressive causes. A good reminder of how important it is to dismantle car culture.
NEW: @bradlander.bsky.social joins us to talk political courage, from defending bike lanes early in his career to his efforts to rein in reckless drivers to his cross endorsement of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. We are thrilled to welcome Brad to The War on Cars!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Everyone should really listen to this episode. One of the things I appreciate most about The War on Cars is that so much of what they discuss is applicable not just to urbanism/livable streets issues, but to broader progressive causes. A good reminder of how important it is to dismantle car culture.
Stats Q: Is there a word or succinct phrase for the discipline or humility that comes from having to use a statistical model to actually make predictions about future data?
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Stats Q: Is there a word or succinct phrase for the discipline or humility that comes from having to use a statistical model to actually make predictions about future data?
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This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI
The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.
gizmodo.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
This is an insightful and timely analysis. This point in the conclusions resonated
August 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is an insightful and timely analysis. This point in the conclusions resonated
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Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?
August 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?
Apropos of nothing, here's James' writing advice for Friday:
Starting a sentence with "Arguably,...." is basically just signaling to the reader that you're about to start bullshitting them. Try replacing with "So my garbage take is..." and see if the rest of the paragraph still works.
Starting a sentence with "Arguably,...." is basically just signaling to the reader that you're about to start bullshitting them. Try replacing with "So my garbage take is..." and see if the rest of the paragraph still works.
August 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Apropos of nothing, here's James' writing advice for Friday:
Starting a sentence with "Arguably,...." is basically just signaling to the reader that you're about to start bullshitting them. Try replacing with "So my garbage take is..." and see if the rest of the paragraph still works.
Starting a sentence with "Arguably,...." is basically just signaling to the reader that you're about to start bullshitting them. Try replacing with "So my garbage take is..." and see if the rest of the paragraph still works.