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Fred Oswald
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I-O psychologist (what is that? http://siop.org); Scrabble(R) player; aspiring raconteur; likes/retweets may-or-may-not-be = endorsement
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Reposted by Fred Oswald
psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
Andrew R. A. Conway Michael J. Kane
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
dsquintana.bsky.social
If you’ve ever attempted a meta-analysis, you’ll know that authors generally do a poor job reporting statistics. If you do this well, you’ll improve your chances of your work being included in a future meta-analysis.
dsquintana.bsky.social Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 13d
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉

As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Transparent and comprehensive statistical reporting is critical for ensuring the credibility, reproducibility, and interpretability of psychological research. This paper offers a structured set of guidelines for reporting statistical analyses in quantitative psychology, emphasizing clarity at both the planning and results stages. Drawing on established recommendations and emerging best practices, we outline key decisions related to hypothesis formulation, sample size justification, preregistration, outlier and missing data handling, statistical model specification, and the interpretation of inferential outcomes. We address considerations across frequentist and Bayesian frameworks and fixed as well as sequential research designs, including guidance on effect size reporting, equivalence testing, and the appropriate treatment of null results. To facilitate implementation of these recommendations, we provide the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology (TSRP) Checklist that researchers can use to systematically evaluate and improve their statistical reporting practices (https://osf.io/t2zpq/). In addition, we provide a curated list of freely available tools, packages, and functions that researchers can use to implement transparent reporting practices in their own analyses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. To illustrate the practical application of these principles, we provide a side-by-side comparison of insufficient versus best-practice reporting using a hypothetical cognitive psychology study. By adopting transparent reporting standards, researchers can improve the robustness of individual studies and facilitate cumulative scientific progress through more reliable meta-analyses and research syntheses.
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
foswald.bsky.social
Psychological Assessment is seeking its new editor, to start receiving manuscripts in early 2027 to prepare for issues published in 2028:

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

Deadline for accepting nominations is Monday, January 12, 2026, at editorsearch.apa.org

@apajournals.bsky.social
www.apa.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
briannosek.bsky.social
Positive counterprogramming to recent science news

**The OSF is back online with a new interface**

This key milestone makes OSF faster and cleaner. Also, now we can deliver more improvements efficiently and effectively.

Please check it out and send feedback to [email protected]

osf.io
October 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
richlucas.bsky.social
Interested in models used to estimate lagged effects in panel data? We (@rebiweidmann.bsky.social, Hyewon Yang) have a new paper looking at patterns of stability and their implications for bias and model choice: osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/x]
OSF
osf.io
September 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
renemottus.bsky.social
Keynote speakers: @tuckerdrob.bsky.social @foswald.bsky.social Ellen Hamaker

Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)

www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
foswald.bsky.social
Psychological Methods invites early-career psychologists to apply to be a 2026 Editorial Fellow. This year kicked off our EF program -- it was enriching for the EFs and rewarding for everyone involved. Let's do it again!

For details:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

@apajournals.bsky.social
www.apa.org
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
foswald.bsky.social
The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, partnering with the Center for African and African American Studies, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of associate or full professor to begin July 1, 2026.

apply.interfolio.com/172829

@ricesocsci.bsky.social
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August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
foswald.bsky.social
this just out

APA Journals Policy on Generative AI: Additional Guidance
www.apa.org/pubs/journal... via @apajournals.bsky.social
www.apa.org
August 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
foswald.bsky.social
as editor, I'm actually signing the petition myself :)

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Adopt Registered Reports at Psychological Methods - Sign the Petition! chng.it/wszLWM4KPX
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e.g., look forward to exploring options for preregistration for the journal

@apajournals.bsky.social
@akmontoya.bsky.social
Sign the Petition
Adopt Registered Reports at Psychological Methods
chng.it
August 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?

Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Models as Prediction Machines: How to Convert Confusing Coefficients into Clear Quantities Abstract Psychological researchers usually make sense of regression models by interpreting coefficient estimates directly. This works well enough for simple linear models, but is more challenging for more complex models with, for example, categorical variables, interactions, non-linearities, and hierarchical structures. Here, we introduce an alternative approach to making sense of statistical models. The central idea is to abstract away from the mechanics of estimation, and to treat models as “counterfactual prediction machines,” which are subsequently queried to estimate quantities and conduct tests that matter substantively. This workflow is model-agnostic; it can be applied in a consistent fashion to draw causal or descriptive inference from a wide range of models. We illustrate how to implement this workflow with the marginaleffects package, which supports over 100 different classes of models in R and Python, and present two worked examples. These examples show how the workflow can be applied across designs (e.g., observational study, randomized experiment) to answer different research questions (e.g., associations, causal effects, effect heterogeneity) while facing various challenges (e.g., controlling for confounders in a flexible manner, modelling ordinal outcomes, and interpreting non-linear models). Figure illustrating model predictions. On the X-axis the predictor, annual gross income in Euro. On the Y-axis the outcome, predicted life satisfaction. A solid line marks the curve of predictions on which individual data points are marked as model-implied outcomes at incomes of interest. Comparing two such predictions gives us a comparison. We can also fit a tangent to the line of predictions, which illustrates the slope at any given point of the curve. A figure illustrating various ways to include age as a predictor in a model. On the x-axis age (predictor), on the y-axis the outcome (model-implied importance of friends, including confidence intervals). Illustrated are 1. age as a categorical predictor, resultings in the predictions bouncing around a lot with wide confidence intervals 2. age as a linear predictor, which forces a straight line through the data points that has a very tight confidence band and 3. age splines, which lies somewhere in between as it smoothly follows the data but has more uncertainty than the straight line.
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
w-joel-schneider.bsky.social
Now on CRAN, ggdiagram is a #ggplot2 extension that draws diagrams programmatically in #Rstats. Allows for precise control in how objects, labels, and equations are placed in relation to each other.
wjschne.github.io/ggdiagram/ar...
An arrow with a LaTeX equation Trigonometric functions and a unit circle A bivariate change model with structured residuals A hierarchical model of cognitive abilities
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
maddipow.bsky.social
​​​​​​The APA is looking for people to join the Open Science and Methodology (OSM) expert panel. Nomination deadline: September 1st 2025.

nomination.apa.org?utm_campaign...
APA Board Nominations
Call for Nominations for the APA Board of Directors and Committee for the Advancement of General Applied Psychology
nomination.apa.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
akmontoya.bsky.social
If you just got an email from APA encouraging you to come to this session, YOU SHOULD! Because the "Open Science and Methodology panel member" is ME! Come say hi! Learn about registered reports, and other awesome open science things at APA!
July 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
umpamdk.bsky.social
The U-M Dept of Psych is hiring! We seek a tenure-track scholar exploring human cognition with generative AI—pushing the boundaries between biological and artificial minds. Apply at lnkd.in/eF2EXmJz
July 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
foswald.bsky.social
Speer, A. B., Oswald, F. L., & Putka, D. J. (2025). Reliability Evidence for AI-Based Scores in Organizational Contexts: Applying Lessons Learned From Psychometrics. Organizational Research Methods
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June 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
mcxfrank.bsky.social
The new National Academies report on the Science and Practice of Team Science is out today: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...

I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.
The Science and Practice of Team Science
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
nap.nationalacademies.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
foswald.bsky.social
My most egocentric table by far :D

(Oswald, 2020; from Big Data in Psychological Research, S. E. Woo, L. Tay, and R. W. Proctor, Eds.)
June 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
foswald.bsky.social
Time for Congress to save American science … and the nation
By John P. Holdren, Neal Lane | June 6, 2025

thebulletin.org/2025/06/time...
Time for Congress to save American science … and the nation
We believe the best hope for saving science and, perhaps, saving our form of democracy, is convincing at least a couple dozen Republican members of Congress that it’s up to them—that the stakes requir...
thebulletin.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
foswald.bsky.social
Big professional and personal news to share: I've accepted a position as a professor at the UCI School of Education, effective January 2026, continuing my research on measuring skills relevant to education and the workforce. 1/n
May 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reposted by Fred Oswald
iasliu.bsky.social
🚨We’re hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science!
📍The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS)
📅 Apply by June 3
🔗 liu.se/en/work-at-l...
marckeuschnigg.bsky.social Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · May 13
We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
Norrköping campus at sunset
May 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
foswald.bsky.social
Join @sbs.nationalacademies.org for a webinar series on #Human-AI Teaming (HAT) to explore the future of human-AI partnerships.

The first session is next week on May 28 (1-2:30pm ET). Experts will explore effective collaboration with #AI.

Register: events.nationalacademies.org/45078_05-202...
Future Trajectories of Human-AI Collaboration and Teaming
Register for this event from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
events.nationalacademies.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
foswald.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
foswald.bsky.social
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SciPost: J. Robust. Rep. 0-Editorial (2025) - Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports
SciPost Journals Publication Detail J. Robust. Rep. 0-Editorial (2025) Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports
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May 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
foswald.bsky.social
A1 goes well with Grilled Prime Tenderloin (GPT)
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM