Preamble: This shortie is my attempt to come up with an example that makes the problem underlying immortal time bias…
When psychological researchers investigate binary outcomes,[1]For example, hit vs. miss, correct vs. incorrect, diagnosis vs. no diagnosis, donated vs. didn’t…
Corrigendum: There was an embarrassing mistake in the SEM part of the original version of this blog post which has…
Correlation may not imply causation, but let’s just ignore that for a second. Correlations are standardized effect size metrics and…
Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect…
For any central statistical analysis that you report in your manuscript, it should be absolutely clear for readers why the…
Reviewer notes are a new short format with brief explanations of basic ideas that might come in handy during (for…
A shibboleth is a custom, such as a choice of phrasing, that distinguishes one group of people from another. The…
A wise man – I’m quite sure it was Brian Wansink – once pointed out that it is impossible to…
Summer in Berlin – the perfect time and place to explore the city, take a walk in the Görli, go…