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Meta-scientist and psychologist. Senior lecturer @unibe.ch‬. Chief recommender @error.reviews. "Jumped up punk who hasn't earned his stripes." All views a product of my learning history.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · Jul 22

Lego Science is research driven by modular convenience.

When researchers combine methods or concepts, more out of convenience than any deep curiosity in the resulting research question, to create publishable units.

"What role does {my favourite construct} play in {task}?"

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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 4h

This is really nice.

But at the same time it is sad that a separate journal for replications is needed. Replications are not a different kind of thing but instead a foundational aspect of normal run of the mill science biz. We should not reinforce the idea that they should be treated differently.

Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 6h

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.

Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber , and 5 more Jürgen Maier, Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber, Ian Hussey, Kevin McManus, Dennis Wesselbaum, Sebastian Stier, Matti Vuorre

Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 6h

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.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 2d

Me: I cannot afford to take on a new side project.

Also me:

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 2d

"We regret to inform you that your application for tenure has been denied."

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 2d

It said 'data available upon request' but when I clicked the button nothing happens

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 2d

Please someone help me figure out the rest of this joke

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 2d

Issue 16 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬

It includes:
- Data is Not Available Upon Request @ianhussey.mmmdata.io
- AI Generated Participants in Social Science @jamiecummins.bsky.social @science.org
- Why’s it Hard to Teach Data Cleaning? @randyau.com
and more!

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RDM Weekly - Issue 016

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 4d

“Something response, which could include antidepressant, natural improvement, regression to the mean, and others”

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

Very good

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

That would be tight

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

Let’s say that only some of this was satire.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 13d

Data is available upon request … but only in the form of one hundred non sequential 3.5” floppy disks containing a segmented zip file, inside of which are confusingly named files that can only be opened using the 1996 application StatView for Apple Mackintosh. Enclose a cashiers check for postage.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

You raise a good point that research to date has focused on whether authors share data directly when contacted but not whether, if the don’t, that the journal will step in to try to uphold the policy when asked.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

Kind of you, but my study was quite small. It does give more of a peek into authors’ wild responses than others, but the largest/best one out there is probably Tedersoo et al, which is really large scale and shows the same results.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

In my experience, many journals don’t stand over their own policies either. I’ve had editors treat me as hostile for taking journal policy and authors statements seriously and asking for data promised.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

This may have come up

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Jörg Peters, Philip N. Cohen , and 3 more Mel Bartley, Jörg Peters, Philip N. Cohen, Andrew K Przybylski, Magnus Johansson, Ingo Rohlfing

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 5d

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
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LnuOpen | Meta-Psychology

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · 7d

Introductory online INSPECT-SR workshop. November 6th, 12-2pm UK-time. Free, places limited. BOOK: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop November

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 7d

The FDA announced that it would expand the use of leucovorin as “a promising treatment for symptoms of autism” citing 23 publications. Those 23 studies have a total N=46 with a specific genetic disorder, not for autism generally.

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Exclusive: The 23 studies the FDA based its expanded leucovorin label on

The studies include 46 people, mostly toddlers, who have cerebral folate deficiency due to variants in a folate transporter.

www.thetransmitter.org

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, John R. Hutchinson, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 6 more Dorothy Bishop, John R. Hutchinson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lesley A. Hall, Ian Hussey, Mirya R. Holman, Alan Richardson, David Murakami Wood, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 7d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 7d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, John R. Hutchinson, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 7 more Dorothy Bishop, John R. Hutchinson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lesley A. Hall, Ian Hussey, Mirya R. Holman, David Murakami Wood, Alessandro Rigolon, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Sofya Aptekar

The Independent @the-independent.com · 7d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Ian Hussey, Jill A. Jacobson

Rich Lucas @richlucas.bsky.social · 7d

We already know that lagged effects in CLPMs are likely to be upwardly biased, but just how easy is it to find significant effects? Way too easy. I tested CLPMS in 100 randomly selected pairs of correlated variables and found significant effects in 98 of them. New preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 8d

You seem to be doubling down on the idea that pointing out deep concerns about papers would be prevented on your platform. This is a very strange idea, you’re baking the conclusion in, undermining the process. As other pointed out, it immediately excludes sleuths who are expects in finding issues.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 8d

This is a terrible idea

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Chris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent 🧵 about LLM synthetic data (silicon samples etc) and why they don't solve any particular problem in human research.

FWIW, in addition to results and considerations like these, I've argued elsewhere that the entire question is ill-formed: quantuxblog.com/synthetic-su...

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 9d

@science.org just dropped a story covering this preprint! Check it out below, and thanks to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for the great write-up! www.science.org/content/arti...

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Meredith Broussard, Ingo Rohlfing , and 9 more Joanna Bryson, Meredith Broussard, Ingo Rohlfing, Ian Hussey, Martin Kreidl, Brian Keegan, Matt N Williams, Jens Rommel, Dana R. Fisher, Johannes Breuer, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dana Howard

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 9d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 9d

Literally how

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 9d

Congrats!

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Malte Elson @malte.the100.ci · 10d

Meta

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Felix Thoemmes @felixthoemmes.bsky.social · 10d

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