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Rich Lucas @richlucas.bsky.social · 19d

Interested in models used to estimate lagged effects in panel data? We (@rebiweidmann.bsky.social, Hyewon Yang) have a new paper looking at patterns of stability and their implications for bias and model choice: osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/x]

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · 19d

this page contains some useful information (links to PDFs): www.siop.org/education/fo...

Graduate Training Program - Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Search Graduate Training Programs in I-O Psychology and Related Fields This database provides information about graduate-level training programs in Industrial-Organizational psychology. In addition, g...

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René Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · 20d

Keynote speakers: @tuckerdrob.bsky.social @foswald.bsky.social Ellen Hamaker

Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)

www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, partnering with the Center for African and African American Studies, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of associate or full professor to begin July 1, 2026.

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@ricesocsci.bsky.social

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Aug 26

this just out

APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Aug 26

as editor, I'm actually signing the petition myself :)

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e.g., look forward to exploring options for preregistration for the journal

@apajournals.bsky.social
@akmontoya.bsky.social

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is a really great paper - thank you, @dingdingpeng.the100.ci and @vincentab.bsky.social!

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Aug 25

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...

Models as Prediction Machines: How to Convert Confusing Coefficients into Clear Quantities

Abstract
Psychological researchers usually make sense of regression models by interpreting coefficient estimates directly. This works well enough for simple linear models, but is more challenging for more complex models with, for example, categorical variables, interactions, non-linearities, and hierarchical structures. Here, we introduce an alternative approach to making sense of statistical models. The central idea is to abstract away from the mechanics of estimation, and to treat models as “counterfactual prediction machines,” which are subsequently queried to estimate quantities and conduct tests that matter substantively. This workflow is model-agnostic; it can be applied in a consistent fashion to draw causal or descriptive inference from a wide range of models. We illustrate how to implement this workflow with the marginaleffects package, which supports over 100 different classes of models in R and Python, and present two worked examples. These examples show how the workflow can be applied across designs (e.g., observational study, randomized experiment) to answer different research questions (e.g., associations, causal effects, effect heterogeneity) while facing various challenges (e.g., controlling for confounders in a flexible manner, modelling ordinal outcomes, and interpreting non-linear models).

Figure illustrating model predictions. On the X-axis the predictor, annual gross income in Euro. On the Y-axis the outcome, predicted life satisfaction. A solid line marks the curve of predictions on which individual data points are marked as model-implied outcomes at incomes of interest. Comparing two such predictions gives us a comparison. We can also fit a tangent to the line of predictions, which illustrates the slope at any given point of the curve.

A figure illustrating various ways to include age as a predictor in a model. On the x-axis age (predictor), on the y-axis the outcome (model-implied importance of friends, including confidence intervals).

Illustrated are
1. age as a categorical predictor, resultings in the predictions bouncing around a lot with wide confidence intervals
2. age as a linear predictor, which forces a straight line through the data points that has a very tight confidence band and
3. age splines, which lies somewhere in between as it smoothly follows the data but has more uncertainty than the straight line.

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W. Joel Schneider @w-joel-schneider.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now on CRAN, ggdiagram is a #ggplot2 extension that draws diagrams programmatically in #Rstats. Allows for precise control in how objects, labels, and equations are placed in relation to each other.
wjschne.github.io/ggdiagram/ar...

Trigonometric functions and a unit circle

A bivariate change model with structured residuals

A hierarchical model of cognitive abilities

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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · Jul 25

The APA is looking for people to join the Open Science and Methodology (OSM) expert panel. Nomination deadline: September 1st 2025.

nomination.apa.org?utm_campaign...

APA Board Nominations

Call for Nominations for the APA Board of Directors and Committee for the Advancement of General Applied Psychology

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Amanda Kay Montoya @akmontoya.bsky.social · Jul 25

If you just got an email from APA encouraging you to come to this session, YOU SHOULD! Because the "Open Science and Methodology panel member" is ME! Come say hi! Learn about registered reports, and other awesome open science things at APA!

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Aug 6

they need to change their seed every morning :)

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · Jul 31

The U-M Dept of Psych is hiring! We seek a tenure-track scholar exploring human cognition with generative AI—pushing the boundaries between biological and artificial minds. Apply at lnkd.in/eF2EXmJz

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Jun 27

Speer, A. B., Oswald, F. L., & Putka, D. J. (2025). Reliability Evidence for AI-Based Scores in Organizational Contexts: Applying Lessons Learned From Psychometrics. Organizational Research Methods
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jun 24

The new National Academies report on the Science and Practice of Team Science is out today: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...

I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.

The Science and Practice of Team Science

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Jun 15

My most egocentric table by far :D

(Oswald, 2020; from Big Data in Psychological Research, S. E. Woo, L. Tay, and R. W. Proctor, Eds.)

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Fred Oswald @foswald.bsky.social · Jun 7

Time for Congress to save American science … and the nation
By John P. Holdren, Neal Lane | June 6, 2025

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Time for Congress to save American science … and the nation

We believe the best hope for saving science and, perhaps, saving our form of democracy, is convincing at least a couple dozen Republican members of Congress that it’s up to them—that the stakes requir...

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