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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · 13d

Come check out my talk tomorrow and learn about the impact of age verification laws on user search behavior
@stanfordcyber.bsky.social #TSRconf

osf.io/4cjpw_v2/dow...

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California Cradle-to-Career Data System @cacradle2career.bsky.social · 22d

We’re taking the first step towards our Query Builder project📊 🗣️After launching in April, users shared interest in accessing the data powering Student Pathways beyond the preset visualizations. We’re meeting your needs by providing an accessible format to dive into the data now! bit.ly/C2C-datasets

C2C graphic image promoting the Student Pathways Dataset

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California Cradle-to-Career Data System @cacradle2career.bsky.social · 26d

📊Who is C2C for?

Whether you’re a student, educator, researcher, advocate, a policymaker – we invite you to learn more about how C2C’s tools and resources can help you improve outcomes for Californians! c2c.ca.gov

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California Cradle-to-Career Data System @cacradle2career.bsky.social · 26d

🔍Why is C2C needed?

Through C2C:
✅Student and families can make informed decisions about their future goals.
✅State leaders can access info to support policy decisions. 👇

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California Cradle-to-Career Data System @cacradle2career.bsky.social · 26d

👋The California Cradle-to-Career Data System is officially on @bsky.app!

💭About us: We’re California’s official source for info on education and workforce outcomes. c2c.ca.gov 👇

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Jul 29

what’s the topic? i had one that was pending before the supreme court.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 5

You've heard of the many analysts projects, right?

Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.

Why is that?

Data cleaning!

This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · May 4

If you are a macroeconomist, I would say lock in your estimates of the output gap now and potential gdp now. I believe this is going to be the most important question in macroeconomic policy for next 12 months.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Apr 10

Trump's tariffs are a massive tax that YOU will pay.

That means higher prices and serious pain for families and small businesses across our country.

Repost if you agree Republicans need to join Democrats and vote to END the chaos & REVERSE these reckless tariffs.

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · Apr 9

We are hiring an education researcher to join the @capolicylab.bsky.social and @berkeleycshe.bsky.social teams. You'll work on projects using administrative data relating to California higher education. Here's more information: capolicylab.org/careers/rese...

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Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · Apr 5

Gutting research and science hurts Americans.

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Apr 1

I am OOO but one of the things I have been thinking about is how this pairs with the notion of overalignment ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Doc...

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Mar 19

I admire your courage and sacrifice. I nuked mine and only had 1k followers.

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Mar 18

Want to help save research using NCES restricted-use data? Here is a gdrive with actions, background, and context from my colleague sean reardon (sharing with permission):
1) actions
2) background
3) list of data files: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you or your students are affected by the recent guidance on NCES data usage, please review www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit... this link and share your experience with the committee and your congressional representatives.

Murray, DeLauro, Baldwin Demand Detailed Answers on Trump Admin’s Sweeping Mass Firings at Department of Education | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Mar 15

Very useful thread. This also a helpful reminder for folks who are working with coarse statistical tables and historical documents as well.

Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
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Big picture:

Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)

- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review

-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Mar 14

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
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Big picture:

Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)

- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review

-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Mar 14

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

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Item Response Warehouse @itemrespwarehouse.bsky.social · Mar 12

Simulation studies are common in psychometrics. We are trying to make them more relevant to practice by increasing their connection to empirical data. Feedback welcome!
osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks for helpful comments from @robbwiller.bsky.social @jrothst.bsky.social @nickhuntington12.bsky.social and many others

Zeve Sanderson @zevesanderson.com · Mar 11

Do age-verification laws for online adult content work? Based on Google search data, not really.

New WP from me and & co-authors up now on OSF: osf.io/z83ev

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Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · Mar 5

Hey, I am guest-editing an issue on student loans.

RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.

If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!

Requote and share widely.

#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

ojed.org/hepe/announc...

*Link works now

Description: Despite the growing national conversation around student loan debt, there is a notable lack of qualitative research exploring its personal and emotional impacts on borrowers. Most studies focus on quantitative data, such as default rates, repayment trends, and economic effects, overlooking the nuanced experiences and perspectives of individuals grappling with debt. The lived realities of borrowers—how they manage the stress of repayment, navigate complex forgiveness programs, or make life decisions around their debt—remain underexplored. This gap in the literature presents an urgent need for qualitative studies that can provide deeper insights into the psychological, social, and financial burdens of student debt. We call for proposals that prioritize borrower narratives to better inform policy changes and humanize the debt crisis.

Number of Inclusions: We are seeking up to eight (8) high-quality qualitative articles for inclusion in the special issue. We welcome submissions that utilize mixed or multiple methods, but the qualitative component must be equally emphasized or more prominent. Our goal is to strengthen the representation of qualitative research in the literature.

Timeline: Calls for proposal will occur in October 2024 and will be open until March 31st, 2025. Proposals will be up to 700 words and should include: introduction, short lit review/study purpose, methods, and if applicable initial findings.

Proposal decisions are expected to occur in July 2025. For accepted proposals, full papers will be due August 2025 and will be subjected to peer-review. We expect peer-review to last no longer than 60 days (November 2025) and will provide authors another 30 days (December 2025 - January 2026) to make revisions. Once all final revisions are completed the special issue will go to press.

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David N Lang @davidnlang.bsky.social · Feb 27

Very excited to be a part of this and cautiously optimistic I might be the first person to cite it.

Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · Feb 25

After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics

We use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat

papers.ssrn.com

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Item Response Warehouse @itemrespwarehouse.bsky.social · Dec 10

Do you need educational and psychological item response data to do your research? The IRW has 600 item response datasets (more coming!), distributed in a standardized format and ready for analysis.

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