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Don Lynam
@drlynam.bsky.social
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Professor of Psychological Sciences / Music, cocktails, personality, & open science / Perpetually disappointed in the field / Opinions are often strongly stated https://sites.google.com/view/donald-lynam/home ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-498
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · Mar 1
To my new followers: You may be disappointed.
I post more music/cocktail/anime reccs than scientific papers.
All of the papers I post are mine (personality/PD stuff).
I can be a little sarcastic
I am definitely opinionated.
I am a bit of an open science/transparency scold.
Feel free to unfollow.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 1d
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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David Baranger @davidbaranger.bsky.social · 20d
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...
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David Baranger @davidbaranger.bsky.social · 20d
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...
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 3d
Another great rock and roll show. @hayescarll.bsky.social at the Turntable. Such a great singer songwriter. Terrific band. Awesome venue. I am expanding my travel radius for Carll and looking for another show at Turntable. Check them both out.
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Sarah Mullally was named the new archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, becoming the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Church of England, and of the global Anglican community, in the church’s nearly 500-year history. https://wapo.st/3KAojoc
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
I will try to collect and report answers (if i get any). But I am slightly disorganized and sometimes confused by the structure of bluesky.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
I think about this stuff sometimes. For other open science / “the sky is falling enthusiasts, if you could make a skeptic read earnestly just one article on open science or the credibility crisis, which one would you pick?
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
I am glad we were able to chat.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
They will write papers (including how tos), build slide decks, and provide materials to interested parties. They are interested in having people aboard but frustrated that they are still having to convince people to get on That's my view.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
The shared excitement sometimes bothers me. People will come in and give talks if you invite them. On whatever you want. Credibility crisis. Preregistration. RRs.They will answer questions.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 4d
I do some of that because I am a snarky guy and I get frustrated. And I have a social media account that let's me scream things. I like to scream things. But the rest (the stuff not on social media) of open science space is pretty friendly in my experience. They/we are excited about it.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
7. Transparency is the only hope for our shifty field (we sometimes conference at the same places, so you know what I mean). 8. I recommend reading Feynman's Cargo Cult Science now and then to help stay the course. TYFCTMTT
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
6. Other subdisciplines (especially personality and especially in Europe) are already engaging in these practices with much less hand wringing. So it can be done.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
4. Twitter is not real life. For any person who drags you on Twitter there will hundreds (dozens at least) of people in the field who respect you more. And you set an example. 5. We were all sold a bill of goods when we were taught science is easy.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
2. My early preregistration sucked. You have to sit down with your preregistration when you sit down with your data to see all of the microdecisions you missed. You fix them next time. 3. They got better.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
Just a couple of non-snarky thoughts. 1. Most of us older folks doing this stuff are self-taught. When I started preregistering stuff 10 years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. I just pulled a template and had at it.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
Disappointment abounds on both sides.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
You're so mean. Now I definitely won't do the right thing
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
only for that paper. there will be other papers. I see that as a mulligan. I think your next tee shot counts.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
some people are never going to be honest about what they have done to their data. The only question is how many?
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
I stand corrected.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
those menus will also spit out the code if you ask nicely. But we could extend your idea to stats body cameras. They come on as soon as you engage with your data and record continuously until you tug your data in at night.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
Unless you are doing analyses by hand or in excel, you (or the program you re using) are/is using code. Every program i have ever worked with is capable of spitting the code it used out.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
Everyone is using code. Even with canned programs. I still use SPSS with some frequency. I can easily produce that syntax. Even if I were using only the buttons.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
There are no principled arguments against any of these practices. Other fields are already engaging with them at reasonable rates. There is nothing special about our field that prevents us. Except maybe the fragility of our findings and grant money.
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 5d
"I will give up my researcher degrees of freedom when you pry them from my cold dead hands."
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