Tamkinat Rauf
tsrauf.bsky.social
Tamkinat Rauf
@tsrauf.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Sociology @ uwsoc.bsky.social | Interests: happiness; inequality; social psych; genomics; open science | www.tamkinatrauf.com
I would love to see if findings replicate once you remove keywords that obviously indicate that the researchers had some statistically significant and theoretically important findings.
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Might there be a chance that the researchers show are publishing in high-impact journals (which is the indicator of "quality" here) after Chat-GPT release are actually finding more "significant" results for unrelated reasons? (e.g., luck, better research ideas)
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
There may be a trade-off between the cognitive resources we need to process large amounts of data and carefully examining data. By the same logic, feedback from 1-2 careful readers may be more useful than from several readers who lack the skills or willingness to appropriately engage with your work.
October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
But can we reduce noise in the data we do have? I think yes, and much less advice exists out there about how to do that. I think we can reduce noise through thoughtful, unemotional reflection about the data that we already have. It means, not necessarily reading more, but reading carefully.
October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How to get more data? Read more. Write & submit more. And get tons of feedback from others before submitting. We've all heard this advice.
October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM