Earlier this year I saw that a study was making the rounds on Twitter under the catchphrase “Representative samples may…
Content warning: half-assed philosophy of science Part I: Causal Inference I am not very keen to join the stats wars,…
Let’s admit right away that “marginal effects” doesn’t sound like the most sexy topic. I’m not saying that to further…
After a decade of “replication crisis”, “reproducibility”, and “open science”, it’s time for a deep dive into the rabbit hole.…
It is the curse of transparency that the more you disclose about your research process, the more there is to…
Psychologists like their analyses like I like my coffee: robusta. Results shouldn’t change too much, no matter which exclusion criteria…
The longer I have been in psychological research, the more I wonder about why we do things the way we…
Let’s hypothesize that eating ice cream cured depression, and that this effect was mediated by the sensory pleasure derived from…
Update 2022: There is now a manuscript that discusses the topic of this blog post in more depth, see preprint…
Earlier this year, I went through an academic existential crisis in which I questioned whether the field of research I’m…