Anne Scheel
@annemscheel.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Utrecht University, trying to make science as reproducible as non-scientists think it is. Blogs at @the100ci.
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Fantastic! $650k awarded via the Research Software Maintenance Fund for “Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R”—mentoring new contributors, modernizing R’s dev infrastructure, and strengthening the R Foundation.
r-consortium.org/posts/650K-f...
#rstats
r-consortium.org/posts/650K-f...
#rstats
R Consortium - Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R
The Software Sustainability Institute (UK) has awarded a grant of USD $650,000 under the Research Software Maintenance Fund, to the project Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R.
r-consortium.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Fantastic! $650k awarded via the Research Software Maintenance Fund for “Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R”—mentoring new contributors, modernizing R’s dev infrastructure, and strengthening the R Foundation.
r-consortium.org/posts/650K-f...
#rstats
r-consortium.org/posts/650K-f...
#rstats
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See @jamiecummins.bsky.social 's work
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
See @jamiecummins.bsky.social 's work
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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
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Very happy to have received a replication grant from NWO! We will be reproducing power analyses of large scale replication projects, to learn how to improve power analyses, and increase quality control in large team Science projects! www.openscience.nl/en/news/27-s...
27 studies re-examined | Open Science NL
Open Science NL has awarded funding to 27 applicants to replicate earlier studies. They will reanalyse original data, repeat experiments, and replicate studies with slight variations to the original…
www.openscience.nl
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very happy to have received a replication grant from NWO! We will be reproducing power analyses of large scale replication projects, to learn how to improve power analyses, and increase quality control in large team Science projects! www.openscience.nl/en/news/27-s...
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Oh, I thought it was a quantifounder (a quantifier for confounders). iirc there are two of them
'exposome': exposure at least one confounder
'exposall': exposed to all the confounders
'exposome': exposure at least one confounder
'exposall': exposed to all the confounders
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh, I thought it was a quantifounder (a quantifier for confounders). iirc there are two of them
'exposome': exposure at least one confounder
'exposall': exposed to all the confounders
'exposome': exposure at least one confounder
'exposall': exposed to all the confounders
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Post-publication peer review is at it best when it's thoughtful, scrupulous, steeped in detail – and challenges key claims of the paper. @janhove.bsky.social's discussion of a recent paper on multilingualism exemplifies this.
A recent study purports to have found that multilingualism protects against accelerated ageing. I've taken a closer look at it, and it doesn't look good.
New blog post: "Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments"
janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
New blog post: "Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments"
janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Post-publication peer review is at it best when it's thoughtful, scrupulous, steeped in detail – and challenges key claims of the paper. @janhove.bsky.social's discussion of a recent paper on multilingualism exemplifies this.
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I’ll leave it to onlookers to decide for themselves what this implies about the floor of credibility of articles published in an outlet with such a prestigious name @nataging.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’ll leave it to onlookers to decide for themselves what this implies about the floor of credibility of articles published in an outlet with such a prestigious name @nataging.nature.com
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That any association disappears when GDP is taken into account might not be surprising, but I’m glad Jan actually put in the necessary work to reanalyse 🫡 true community service.
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
That any association disappears when GDP is taken into account might not be surprising, but I’m glad Jan actually put in the necessary work to reanalyse 🫡 true community service.
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You remember that Nature Aging paper about how multilingualism protects against accelerated aging? Well…
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You remember that Nature Aging paper about how multilingualism protects against accelerated aging? Well…
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This one made me laugh tho
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This one made me laugh tho
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The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
News & Publications
Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia Nationa…
eugeniereichlaw.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $15 million NIH grant fraud settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Center. This resolves a False Claims Act qui tam complaint that I filed on behalf of @sholtodavid.bsky.social in April 2024, with Gregg Shapiro as my co-counsel.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants
BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Dana-Farber) has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, it made materially false statements and certifications relat...
www.justice.gov
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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I'm very happy to continue my work at the Human-Technology Interaction group as a Full Professor of Metascience.
Working at this department has been a great source of joy over the last 15 years.
Working at this department has been a great source of joy over the last 15 years.
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm very happy to continue my work at the Human-Technology Interaction group as a Full Professor of Metascience.
Working at this department has been a great source of joy over the last 15 years.
Working at this department has been a great source of joy over the last 15 years.
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I asked my students to discuss with friends and family whether and why the mental health of young people has changed over time and they all came up with very nuanced takes considering multiple alternatives -- it really shouldn't be impossible to have some of that nuance in the scientific discourse.
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I asked my students to discuss with friends and family whether and why the mental health of young people has changed over time and they all came up with very nuanced takes considering multiple alternatives -- it really shouldn't be impossible to have some of that nuance in the scientific discourse.
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.
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Unfortunately not exactly my domain, but the graphs are very tempting and I have to commend the recruiting strategy.
Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Unfortunately not exactly my domain, but the graphs are very tempting and I have to commend the recruiting strategy.
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We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th.
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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I used to think that people use the “weasel word causal inference strategy” (“our analyses show that X is an important predictor of…” followed by conclusions that are clearly causal) for the sake of plausible deniability. But I’m revising that now, because often deniability *isn’t* plausible.>
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I used to think that people use the “weasel word causal inference strategy” (“our analyses show that X is an important predictor of…” followed by conclusions that are clearly causal) for the sake of plausible deniability. But I’m revising that now, because often deniability *isn’t* plausible.>
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once I started to see what certain people submit (mostly as an associate editor), I definitely adjusted my model of how much they actually care about science and lost quite a bit of respect
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
once I started to see what certain people submit (mostly as an associate editor), I definitely adjusted my model of how much they actually care about science and lost quite a bit of respect
One of the members of SwissRN (@swissrn.bsky.social) is CERN (@cern.bsky.social) because of course. So jealous
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One of the members of SwissRN (@swissrn.bsky.social) is CERN (@cern.bsky.social) because of course. So jealous
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ZPID Trier: Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d) leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 #Stellenangebot
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d)
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
ZPID Trier: Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d) leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 #Stellenangebot
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If you’re into beautiful graphs and rigorous science, check out Ruben’s new position at Uni Witten/Herdecke. I’ve worked with him for over a decade, and it’s been an inspiring, supportive collaboration throughout.
Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke.
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you’re into beautiful graphs and rigorous science, check out Ruben’s new position at Uni Witten/Herdecke. I’ve worked with him for over a decade, and it’s been an inspiring, supportive collaboration throughout.