annemscheel.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Utrecht University, trying to make science as reproducible as non-scientists think it is. Blogs at @the100ci.
👤 Joined on 30 July 2023
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@annemscheel.bsky.social“On blaming it on immigration: Senik’s research, if anything, suggests the opposite causal arrow: immigrants arrive in France no less happy than they would be elsewhere, and become gloomier as they become more French.” 😭
Show PostNothing focuses the theoretical imagination like discovering your preferred specification doesn't work
Show Post"Defensive anomaly-reduction strategies, which allow researchers to preserve an initial theoretical claim", can have benefits in science pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42896580/ Up to a point, yes. Adjusting your theory to fit the data is the cholesterol of science. Needed, but dangerous in excess!
Show PostEvery time I hear friends share happily that their babies/toddlers slept a lot the previous night, I feel even prouder for having been a really sleepy kid. Totally nailed it
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