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Professor at Duke University. Cultural evolution, political attitudes, social change, nerdy stuff in R. YNWA. https://vaiseys.github.io/

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · Dec 2

Here's a recording of a talk I gave on cohort effects and cultural change in 2023.

It was my pinned post from the old site and it's a good way for those who are interested to see what I'm working on (although my beard is much more under control these days).

4/7/2023 How Common Is Opinion Change?

YouTube video by Purdue Video Production

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Edwin Dalmaijer @dalmaijer.bsky.social · 7d

Term has started here, so I'm once again inundated with emails addressed "Sir" (used in UK secondary schools), "Mr" (same), and "heyyyyy" (??). Seems this brief blog for new students is still relevant: www.dalmaijer.org/2022/03/how-...

Feel free to use, if you find yourself in the same position!

How to email your lecturer / professor – Quantitative Exploration of Development (Q.E.D.)

www.dalmaijer.org

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 5d

If you've ever wanted to learn how to make beautiful websites with #QuartoPub and #rstats , check out this workshop I'm giving in a couple weeks! It'll be a blast (and we're covering Quarto's brand new _brand dot yaml system!)

Statistical Horizons @stathorizons.bsky.social · 20d

Learn to create and publish a professional, data-focused website in “Create an Online Presence with Quarto Websites” on October 16-17, with @andrew.heiss.phd‬! Discover how to use #Quarto to build a variety of websites like personal portfolios, research compendiums, and interactive dashboards.

Quarto Websites | Online Seminar | Code Horizons

This online course taught by Andrew Heiss, Ph.D., teaches you how to use Quarto to build a variety of data-focused websites.

codehorizons.com

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 9d

Good point. Academia's love affair with journal status, which is at the root of its reluctance to embrace open access alternatives to the for-profit journals, facilitates the spread of misinformation.

Hard for truth to get its boots on when the boots are locked behind a paywall.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 10d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 9d

The number of people who will respond to "Ask me for a copy" is a tiny fraction of those who would love to click on a non-paywalled link. Don't make people ask. SocArXiv is free to share, free to read, non-profit, academy-owned at a public university. Hello! Thanks for sharing.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 9d

It's great some authors will share their work if you email them for a pdf.

But this isn't a good use of your time, or theirs.

I do think academics have more important things to do than a system where they reply one by one to every potential reader who wants to read beyond the abstract.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 20d

@sociologicalsci.bsky.social is an awesome journal. Nothing less. #sociology

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 23d

Religiosity & gender attitudes go hand-in-hand. But which influences which?

New study by McElroy et al. shows earlier gender views tend to predict religious trajectories more than the reverse (except for young women).

Once again:

Cultural/political conflicts --> Religion
doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26d

Friends don't let friends give preregistration a bad name. Exploratory findings are fine; you just have to label them!

David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 26d

Love it when you 1) do a proper preregistration, 2) find an unexpected finding in the course of examining your preregistered hypotheses, 3) present the unexpected finding as exploratory, and 4) a reviewer HAMMERS you for "undermining the integrity of the preregistration process?" 🫠

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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 27d

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

#sociology

More 👇

jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology

jobportal.ku.dk

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 27d

This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.

"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."

(with A+ co-authors)

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 29d

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Morteza Dehghani @mdehghani.bsky.social · Sep 8

Come work with us at USC! We're hiring an NSF-funded Postdoc for the Everyday Respect Project. 🤖

You'll work directly with me, Ben Graham, and Shri Narayanan, using cutting-edge AI to analyze police body-worn camera footage to improve police-community relations.

Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC

Learn more about applying for Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Kathleen Broussard @kbroussard.bsky.social · Sep 8

TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs

Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid

Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.

www.academictransfer.com

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Statistical Horizons @stathorizons.bsky.social · Aug 25

Join "Multilevel and Mixed Models Using R" with @stephenvaisey.com on Oct. 8-10 for an intensive intro to multilevel models. Learn the (real) difference between fixed & random effects and how to combine the strengths of both into a single model using #Rstats.

Multilevel & Mixed Models R | Online Seminar | Statistical Horizons

This online course taught by Stephen Vaisey, Ph.D., will provide an intensive introduction to multilevel models (MLM) using R.

statisticalhorizons.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Aug 17

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵

An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · Aug 17

This is an incredible data source!

Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Aug 17

Musician and data whizz Chris Dalla Riva has painstakingly compiled over 100 datapoints for every US Billboard Hot 100 Number One song since August 4th 1958, and it's now freely available here:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones Database

docs.google.com

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · Aug 16

To be fair, no one knows if any advice is good advice!

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Nico @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social · Aug 16

Worth saying that most of my papers have been collaborations with folks from my grad program. Of course, I am extraordinarily lucky to have been surrounded by them. But this ability to foster collaboration is, above all else, the mark of a successful grad program.

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · Aug 14

Finally out from @acastroaraujo.bsky.social and @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

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American National Election Studies @electionstudies.bsky.social · Aug 12

The full release of the ANES 2024 Time Series #Data is now available. More details here: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...

Full release of the ANES 2024 is now available.

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Eric Groenendyk @ericpolisci.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stony Brook is hiring in political psychology (assistant professor). Please Share! Feel free to reach out if you have question. For more information: apply.interfolio.com/170193

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · Aug 11

research papers now too often (a) collect highly complex data, (b) engage in heavy-handed pre-processing to measure constructs, and (c) pile on multiple layers of statistical estimation.

as a rule of thumb, I think a paper is much clearer when at most one of these is likely to raise eyebrows imho.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Aug 7

This is the world I hope we're getting: One where 1) progress is loosely sigmoid, not because there's any fixed cap, but because the initial overhang of human training data has been exploited, and 2) open models can come close to catching up, because of #1.

A line chart titled “Quality of solutions by some hypothetical metric where human experts are 1.0.” The vertical axis ranges from 0.00 to slightly above 1.00, and the horizontal axis runs from 2015 to 2035. Two sigmoid-shaped curves are shown: a blue “Closed models” line that rises steeply from near zero around 2021 to level off around 2028, and a red “Open models” line that starts similarly low but rises about two years later, leveling off around 2030. Both lines continue to rise rather than leveling entirely flat. The legend is in the lower right corner inside the plot area.

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