Aaron Sojourner
Lars Mølgaard SaxhaugThese casual methods are unknown to me (except instrumental variables) but how on earth can one disentangle direct causality from sanctions from what causes sanctions and poor outcomes? Are the strong claims actually well supported by the methods? #stats #metasci www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Effects of international sanct...
Effects of international sanct...
As if Excel wasn’t the source of enough errors in research already #stats #metasci
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/post/3lwtmkrcqo22r
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/post/3lwtmkrcqo22r
Eric ScharesOur #APC analysis preprint was cited in a Wall Street Journal story today, along with Elsevier's response.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/scientific-journals-quality-publishers-6399fc95?st=NQ8a7Z
Jonny CoatesI've co-authored a piece calling on the open science community to lead by example in defending science. We are well positioned to combat the efforts by Trump, Musk & others that are anti-science, anti-evidence and anti-inclusion.
This is also a restatement of the importance of diversity.
Time to practice what we preach!
Read it here: https://upstream.force11.org/open-science-call-to-act/
Science is Under Siege: The Open Science Community Must Act and Lead by Example
Worldwide, science is under attack by anti-scientific movements. The new US administration has thrown the entire academy into chaos, threatening global health. This article is a call for the open science community to practice what it preaches and lead by example in defending science.
Mark Rubin"Reliability and validity are important properties for research methods to have. Yet, we also show that reliability and validity fall short of other epistemic virtues that are crucial to the quality of research methods" (Ventura, 2025).
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
#Methodology #MetaSci #PhilSci
"It should be emphasized that citation counts should not be the primary motivation for using RRs."
#OpenScience #MetaSci #Methodology
See also my discussion of Van Drimmelen et al.’s work here
#MetaSci #STS #AcademicSky #Methodology 🧪
The Preregistration Prescripti...
The Preregistration Prescripti...
“Theories in psychological science will always be vague, weak, and lacking in parsimony, falsifiability, and predictiveness because of the complexity and lack of generality of most social and behavioral phenomena.”
#MetaSci #PhilSci #Psychology 🧪