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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 8h

Ironic or tragic? The Economics Nobel has just been awarded to those who showed the broad value of societal investment in science and innovation, at exactly the moment when the nation that has invested the most is in the process of dismantling its support… www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Joel Mokyr “for having identified ...

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 10h

Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.

Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 3d

📢WE'RE HIRING!📢

We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.

🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025

Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 7h

Psychologists: "We prefer to call it latent factor model"

Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t think this stuff can ever recover from this burn from Krugman.

Paul Krugman criticized endogenous growth theory as nearly impossible to check by empirical evidence; "too much of it involved making assumptions about how unmeasurable things affected other unmeasurable things."

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 7h

"The results of the pre-registered approach were not statistically significant, so we changed the approach until we found that magic p<0.05"

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Sarah Burgard @burgards.bsky.social · 6d

please help us understand what population scientists are experiencing in the #shutdown @popassocamerica.bsky.social

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 6d

As the federal #shutdown enters week 2, GPAC is monitoring developments and working with partners (@cossa.bsky.social) to address disruptions.

If your research/funding has been affected, share impacts via our portal—your examples help strengthen advocacy for a swift resolution. buff.ly/pIO1QQw

Share Your Research Activities Negatively Affected by Shutdown

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jul 6

Have you considered using LLMs to code open-ended survey responses?

This looks like a must read for you!

"An Empirical Investigation into the Utility of Large Language Models in Open-Ended Survey Data Categorization"

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, always annoyed with categorization of parenting into these terms which are generally meant to be negative and as you noted always from a certain SES group. What do we expect from a science that is constructed on convenience samples?

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 6d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 12d

Along with a brand new website - src.isr.umich.edu - we are launching a quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR

Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifespan.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 6d

Our first issue of Serving the Public Interest: Insights & Innovations into the Human Lifetime is out! myumi.ch/NrR5M

This is our new quarterly newsletter that will share Survey Research Center research, media mentions, and publications. Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2pXR

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DTU Cryosphere group @dtucryo.bsky.social · 10d

Antarctica is undergoing “greenlandification,” with ice loss processes mirroring Greenland ❄️🌍 New paper out in Nature Geoscience with DTU Space contributions on key signs: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #ClimateChange #Antarctica #Greenlandification

The Greenlandification of Antarctica - Nature Geoscience

Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 8d

In most of what psych studies, it is hard to imagine where such an assumption would be true. This leads to research that is bias and does little to understand the populations we study.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 8d

Psych uses convenience samples and often doesn’t collect the necessary data to understand the bias in their sample. Why no training? This is due to this belief in universal psychological phenomenon. If you find it in one sample, it is true for everyone

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 8d

Psychology has a generalizability problem and it is harmful at multiple levels for the science. This stems from a few issues. There is no training in how to effectively create a sampling strategy in order to generalize.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 8d

What Psychology doesn’t understand about sampling and selection bias-hurts our science and what we can offer to our communities from our science. This paper tries to provide some way to address some of these concerns.

Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 14d

October's Editor's Choice:

Improving generalizability of developmental research through increased use of homogeneous convenience samples: A Monte Carlo simulation.

Jager, Xia, Putnick, & Bornstein

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 13d

If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...

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Robin Blythe @rbly.bsky.social · 8d

Love this paper by Hinne doi.org/10.1177/2515... but curious why BMA isn't compatible with competing theories: "BMA is less useful when...each candidate model may represent a different theory of a physical process...the models are not a nuisance factor; they are the focus of the analysis." #statsky

A Conceptual Introduction to Bayesian Model Averaging - Max Hinne, Quentin F. Gronau, Don van den Bergh, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, 2020

Many statistical scenarios initially involve several candidate models that describe the data-generating process. Analysis often proceeds by first selecting the ...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing

From light festivals and Bonfire Night to spectacular forest walks and mushroom foraging, there’s plenty to enjoy. Or if you’d rather stay in, sip mulled wine as you take in a fantastic season of TV

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 9d

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
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LnuOpen | Meta-Psychology

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 8d

The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver.

Our research explores lessons from Denmark and Ireland, two countries pursuing bold reforms to rebalance care.

From hospital to community: International lessons on moving care closer to home

The new 10 Year Health Plan for England promises to shift more care from hospitals into the community, but history shows how hard this ambition is to deliver. This new report looks to Denmark and…

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 8d

You know how chocolate and peanut butter are two great tastes that taste great together?

This is kinda like that, but for #healthpolicy, specifically explaining the current health insurance subsidy cliff.

Thanks, @citizencohn.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social !

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Talking With Jonathan Cohn

The coming premium apocalypse, the shutdown, and more

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Katie Gates @kgates.bsky.social · 9d

UNC is hiring in Quantitative Psychology! Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Please share widely! Find details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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