Max Primbs
@maxprimbs.bsky.social
PhD Student, Radboud University (Netherlands). Researching how our social and cultural environments shape our implicit biases. Big Team Science & Statistics enthusiast.
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- if you simultaneously intervene on X and M, that can inform you about mechanisms. However, some ppl get confused when they couch this in mediation terminology. Probably better to reason "like an experimentalist" -- "If this mechanism is true, than if I do this and that, then..."
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November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
- if you simultaneously intervene on X and M, that can inform you about mechanisms. However, some ppl get confused when they couch this in mediation terminology. Probably better to reason "like an experimentalist" -- "If this mechanism is true, than if I do this and that, then..."
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And just because I more often see people using the Aspirin example: They used the wrong effect size and that is why the effect seems to small.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And just because I more often see people using the Aspirin example: They used the wrong effect size and that is why the effect seems to small.
We actually wrote about that: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC..., see also the article by @faridanvari.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1177/1745...) specifying mechanisms through that impede accumulation. Effect sizes need to be interpreted in context, and instead of arguing accumulation, we must proof it
Are Small Effects the Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science? A Reply to Götz et al. (2022)
In the January 2022 issue of Perspectives, Götz et al. argued that small effects are “the indispensable foundation for a cumulative psychological science.” They supported their argument by claiming that (a) psychology, like genetics, consists of ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We actually wrote about that: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC..., see also the article by @faridanvari.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1177/1745...) specifying mechanisms through that impede accumulation. Effect sizes need to be interpreted in context, and instead of arguing accumulation, we must proof it
You could also be Lurtz if that feels better?
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You could also be Lurtz if that feels better?
And they are not mutually exclusive: The estimate of my p-hacked garbage can regression definitely represents my causal effect of interest.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And they are not mutually exclusive: The estimate of my p-hacked garbage can regression definitely represents my causal effect of interest.
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"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n):
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n):
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
Awesome, thank you for inquiring! I was already afraid I missed a 100k fee on a J1 visa or something of the sort 😅
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Awesome, thank you for inquiring! I was already afraid I missed a 100k fee on a J1 visa or something of the sort 😅
How come there are no internationals allowed for a Postdoc? Is that part of the new deal Cornell signed?
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How come there are no internationals allowed for a Postdoc? Is that part of the new deal Cornell signed?
This is cool, I signed up!
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is cool, I signed up!