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Visual perception and cognition scientist (he/him) My site: http://steveharoz.com R guide: https://r-guide.steveharoz.com StatCheck Simple: http://statcheck.steveharoz.com

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Mar 14

BLOG POST: Invalid Conclusions Built on Statistical errors

If you see a small p-value or a large separation in confidence intervals, you may assume that an effect is reliable. But overly simple reporting may be hiding serious conclusion-altering errors.

Here are some example scenarios:

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Invalid Conclusions Built on Statistical Errors

When you see the statistical result of an experiment like p = 0.003 or a 95% confidence interval of , you might assume a certain clarity and definitiveness in those results. A null effect is very unli...

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 9

RFK Jr is a consequence of decades of anti-science media, promoted by both the right and left. Subtle forms of anti-sciencism like organic food or raw milk or "removing toxins" snowball over time. Calling them out in their early phases may be critical.

Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · Nov 22

The media outlets rightly admonishing RFK Jr. need to reckon with their own roll in his rise to prominence.

In 2005 Rolling Stone and Salon would publish his op-ed ‘Deadly Immunity’ linking vaccines to autism in children, based on tiny - later retracted - British study.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · Jan 24

After spending more than an hour on the phone with Microsoft Support, I have learned:

1. It is impossible to disable Copilot in OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint, or Windows itself.
2. It will not become possible to do so for another month AT THE EARLIEST.
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · Jan 24

Anyone know how to disable Copilot in OneNote? There's no tickybox for it in the "Options" page, I already turned off "online experiences" or whatever, and when I tried uninstalling the Copilot app, the only change seems to be that I no longer have an "uninstall" option on the Copilot app.

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William Ngiam | 严祥全 @williamngiam.github.io · Jan 23

Whenever I see these articles on 'publish or perish' culture being to blame, I always think of Tal Yarkoni's blog post: talyarkoni.org/blog/2018/10.... Yes, the pressures are there and they can force our hand, but that means we should work to improve the structures where we can (not abide by them).

No, it’s not The Incentives—it’s you

There’s a narrative I find kind of troubling, but that unfortunately seems to be growing more common in science. The core idea is that the mere existence of perverse incentives is a valid and…

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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · Jan 23

Are you not a fan of journals' "enhanced online PDF viewers"? Me neither. I put together a little Firefox add-on that helps you skip the "enhanced" reader and download the PDF directly.

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 6

You can't add numbers without checking for normality first!!!!

The first step of multiplication is checking for heteroscedasticity!!!

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · Jan 6

Check out this incredible video from 1941 that details the physics of visual perception using the mechanics of the eyeball from Karl Kurt Bosse

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 6

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar 🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇦 @mattansb.msbstats.info · Jan 6

Hey #StatsSky, what are you favorite papers to cite when you need to justify something that is obvious (I once had a reviewer ask we justify the use of logistic regression on a binary outcome)
or when you need to push-back on silly reviewer requests (e.g., asking for p-values in table 1)?

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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · Jan 3

Flu cases have quadrupled over the past month in hospitals in England, with NHS leaders warning that “skyrocketing” cases could make this winter “one of the worst we have ever seen”. Just published @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/4j4g0h5

Line chart of hospital patients with flu in England this year compared with 2023-24 season showing hospitals in England face mounting pressure from a surge in flu cases

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 5

While I understand the concern about motives, it shouldn't necessarily impeach any outcomes, as long as there isn't any indication of funder interference. Otherwise, the same concerns would hold for all research funded by the Trump administration (NIH, NSF, etc.).

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Icelandic Vision Lab @icevislab.bsky.social · Jan 5

Have tried to make the dish many times, with varying success. This is an important pepe:
"Finally, we present a scientifically optimized recipe based on our findings, enabling a consistently flawless execution of this classic dish."

Giacomo Bartolucci (he) @gbart.bsky.social · Jan 4

1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".

Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · Jan 4

Everyone is running away with this one, but I took the time to trace the source, and these are 80% confidence intervals, the true meta-science story (and there is one!), was written up as one about selective reporting and calibrating standard errors..

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 4

The NYT is my quintessential example of a service that I will never sign up for again. They make everything too difficult to quit.

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 4

I've settled on an approach to giving up on TV shows:
If a show has a serialized plot and goes more than 1 year between seasons, it's dead. It doesn't matter how much I like it, I cannot keep track of characters or follow a plot with a gap of more than one year.

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Jan 3

The way many US jobs come with medical coverage, this one also needs legal coverage.

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Jan 2

Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."

Earlier that day:

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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · Jan 2

How can sharing our uncertainty with others alter our confidence when we're alone?

Delighted to share the lab's new paper, with Einar Andreassen and @cdfrith.bsky.social. Particularly pleased as it's Einar's first!

Link: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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#PsychSciSky
#neuroskyence

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 31

That's a great start, but that law should apply to sales taxes too.

Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 31

Happy New Year

Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 31

Everything is more advanced and yet shittier.

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 30

Factorio has this! They remove the legs, so the body becomes a floating orb.

Vanilla Factorio now has arachnophobia mode!

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Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · Dec 29

Timeline cleanse! Allow me to share with you my favorite images from the 10 billion dollar telescope JWST this year 🧵🧪

Starting off heavenly with this star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud…

📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, O Nayak, M Meixner

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 29

I'm worried that the next one won't be taken as seriously

Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia

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Steve Haroz @steveharoz.com · Dec 27

Dude! This is an amazing story!

Also, Joe Lieberman was why I struggled with political alignment in highschool. He was among the more vocal Democrats, but he spouted the same hateful nonsense as a Republican.

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