Nate Phillips
@nphillips36.bsky.social
UGA Clinical Psych PhD student. Interested in personality, externalizing behaviors, open science, and methods.
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Very useful table of insufficient examples vs. best-practices for statistical reporting!
Will definitely point some of my colleagues to it! 📈
Will definitely point some of my colleagues to it! 📈
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very useful table of insufficient examples vs. best-practices for statistical reporting!
Will definitely point some of my colleagues to it! 📈
Will definitely point some of my colleagues to it! 📈
Massive and important undertaking by @andrew-cast.bsky.social, @drlynam.bsky.social, and co in estimating when interaction effects stabilize in linear regression
Tldr: Under realistic conditions for psych research, N = 3,800
Tldr: Under realistic conditions for psych research, N = 3,800
Another paper in our effort to get folks to stop routinely testing interactions. This time from the angle of stability. Led by @andrew-cast.bsky.social with help from @vizecolin.bsky.social, @jdmiller.bsky.social, @davidbaranger.bsky.social, and me. Forthcoming in AMPPS.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Massive and important undertaking by @andrew-cast.bsky.social, @drlynam.bsky.social, and co in estimating when interaction effects stabilize in linear regression
Tldr: Under realistic conditions for psych research, N = 3,800
Tldr: Under realistic conditions for psych research, N = 3,800
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When do interaction/moderation effects stabilize in linear regression?: https://osf.io/35t84
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When do interaction/moderation effects stabilize in linear regression?: https://osf.io/35t84
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Exciting news from the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science--a joint effort to enhance open science training in clinical psychology!
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Exciting news from the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science--a joint effort to enhance open science training in clinical psychology!
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
Love to see a registered report that reinforces why the registered report is such a valuable tool
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #MetaScience
New study in AMPPS:
Clinical psychologists favour statistically significant results.
(presumably true in all fields, I'd say. Bias against null findings)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
New study in AMPPS:
Clinical psychologists favour statistically significant results.
(presumably true in all fields, I'd say. Bias against null findings)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Love to see a registered report that reinforces why the registered report is such a valuable tool
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Interactions are difficult to detect in field studies as they are typically tiny--very small to start with and made smaller by the joint unreliabilities of the components. Here, we find some but the contribution to explained variance is negligible. Call off the search. It is not worth the effort.
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Additive and Interactive Relations of Personality and Cognition With Externalizing Behaviors - Nathaniel L. Phillips, Nathan T. Carter, Kevin M. King, Courtland S. Hyatt, Max M. Owens, Donald R. Lynam...
Personality and cognition offer robust frameworks to understand the individual differences associated with externalizing behaviors. However, these literatures h...
journals.sagepub.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Interactions are difficult to detect in field studies as they are typically tiny--very small to start with and made smaller by the joint unreliabilities of the components. Here, we find some but the contribution to explained variance is negligible. Call off the search. It is not worth the effort.
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Pretty excited about this one. In this paper, we discuss the replication/credibility crisis, the factors that contribute to it, and clinical psychology's slow (really slow) progress in dealing with it. We offer a competency-based fraemwork for improving our training of future scholars.
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The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pretty excited about this one. In this paper, we discuss the replication/credibility crisis, the factors that contribute to it, and clinical psychology's slow (really slow) progress in dealing with it. We offer a competency-based fraemwork for improving our training of future scholars.
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Rigorous science is transparent science.
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.
The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Rigorous science is transparent science.
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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.
The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd
October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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.
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Just accepted from @vizecolin.bsky.social and myself. We coded Open Science practices (preregistration, RRs, open data, and open code) from 2021 to 2024 in two personality disorder journals (JPD, PDTRT) and three personality journals *JOP JRP, and EJP).
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just accepted from @vizecolin.bsky.social and myself. We coded Open Science practices (preregistration, RRs, open data, and open code) from 2021 to 2024 in two personality disorder journals (JPD, PDTRT) and three personality journals *JOP JRP, and EJP).
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Additive and Interactive Relations of Personality and Cognition With Externalizing Behaviors - Nathaniel L. Phillips, Nathan T. Carter, Kevin M. King, Courtland S. Hyatt, Max M. Owens, Donald R. Lynam...
Personality and cognition offer robust frameworks to understand the individual differences associated with externalizing behaviors. However, these literatures h...
journals.sagepub.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This imagery is the kind of thing you see in video games to let you know you’re in a totalitarian city or country.
The irony/idiocy of this banner currently draped on the Department of Labor building is not lost on me, given all the federal workers he's forced out of their jobs.
(Pic via Getty Images)
(Pic via Getty Images)
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This imagery is the kind of thing you see in video games to let you know you’re in a totalitarian city or country.
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Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
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For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper:
Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to
restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods.
yifengquant.github.io/Publications...
Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to
restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods.
yifengquant.github.io/Publications...
August 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper:
Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to
restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods.
yifengquant.github.io/Publications...
Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to
restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods.
yifengquant.github.io/Publications...
Really appreciate the authors’ efforts to differentiate these practices. I’ve definitely seen the term “preregistration” used to describe each of these three (registration, protocol, analysis plan) in isolation of one another, so it’s great to have a framework to address these jingle-jangle issues
"Preregistration" lumps three distinct practices into one:
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)
To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.
🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
OSF
osf.io
August 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Really appreciate the authors’ efforts to differentiate these practices. I’ve definitely seen the term “preregistration” used to describe each of these three (registration, protocol, analysis plan) in isolation of one another, so it’s great to have a framework to address these jingle-jangle issues
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We don't really think one will be able to cleanly divide the personality disorders from Axis I disorders. We argue (following Lilienfeld's writing on psychopathology's distinction from normality) that it is a Roschian construct such that there won't be an easy way to cleave PDs from other disorders.
August 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We don't really think one will be able to cleanly divide the personality disorders from Axis I disorders. We argue (following Lilienfeld's writing on psychopathology's distinction from normality) that it is a Roschian construct such that there won't be an easy way to cleave PDs from other disorders.
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Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
Let us know what you think!
Question for my open science peeps! @nphillips36.bsky.social and I are working on a lit review where we’re coding whether or not manuscripts have open data.
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Let us know what you think!
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Question for my open science peeps! @nphillips36.bsky.social and I are working on a lit review where we’re coding whether or not manuscripts have open data.
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
July 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Question for my open science peeps! @nphillips36.bsky.social and I are working on a lit review where we’re coding whether or not manuscripts have open data.
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
How should we handle cases where authors provide links to big, “open” datasets? In some of these cases, the data are hidden behind so much…
Reposting for the morning crowd — recs would be appreciated!
For the quanty folks: Any go-to readings comparing approaches to modeling nonlinearity? Seeing more on splines, fractional polynomials, etc., but struggling to find clear head-to-head comparisons or discussions of tradeoffs.
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposting for the morning crowd — recs would be appreciated!
For the quanty folks: Any go-to readings comparing approaches to modeling nonlinearity? Seeing more on splines, fractional polynomials, etc., but struggling to find clear head-to-head comparisons or discussions of tradeoffs.
July 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For the quanty folks: Any go-to readings comparing approaches to modeling nonlinearity? Seeing more on splines, fractional polynomials, etc., but struggling to find clear head-to-head comparisons or discussions of tradeoffs.
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
It's a good time to be an antagonism researcher (because of this issue and for the many other reasons)
Excited to see the new issue of Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment out, especially as it is entirely dedicated to antagonism and related disorders (e.g., psychopathy)! Must be a first for the journal. (1)
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's a good time to be an antagonism researcher (because of this issue and for the many other reasons)
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@drandreahoward.bsky.social, hold my beer..
Latent class growth models are worse than useless, and we've known this for more than 20 years.
(See Bauer 2007)
Latent class growth models are worse than useless, and we've known this for more than 20 years.
(See Bauer 2007)
i’m not going to write a thread today about problems with latent class growth analyses nope nope NOPE i won’t do it
June 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@drandreahoward.bsky.social, hold my beer..
Latent class growth models are worse than useless, and we've known this for more than 20 years.
(See Bauer 2007)
Latent class growth models are worse than useless, and we've known this for more than 20 years.
(See Bauer 2007)