Chris Crandall
@chriscrandall.bsky.social
Social psychologist. Mediocre at so many things. Good at a few, I sure hope.
Progress Bar reviews"Why Federal Funding of Science" and begins a look at the question of how to improve decisions on how to distribute it. Watch this space!
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#metascience
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#metascience
Doing experiments
evolving decision-making in an era of uncertainty
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January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Progress Bar reviews"Why Federal Funding of Science" and begins a look at the question of how to improve decisions on how to distribute it. Watch this space!
open.substack.com/pub/kristine...
#metascience
open.substack.com/pub/kristine...
#metascience
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I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
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'Spontaneous public response to a marauding knife attack on the London underground: Sociality, coordination and a repertoire of actions evidenced by CCTV footage'
Now 'In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by @altmetric.com'
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Now 'In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by @altmetric.com'
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Across a range of recent terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, the question of how crowds behave in confined public space is an important concern. Classical theoretical assumptions are that human ...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
'Spontaneous public response to a marauding knife attack on the London underground: Sociality, coordination and a repertoire of actions evidenced by CCTV footage'
Now 'In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by @altmetric.com'
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Now 'In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by @altmetric.com'
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The full #SPSP2026 schedule is live! Explore research presentations, networking events for all career stages, and professional development sessions.
Start planning your Chicago experience today: https://ow.ly/IBJI50XT9zS
Start planning your Chicago experience today: https://ow.ly/IBJI50XT9zS
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The full #SPSP2026 schedule is live! Explore research presentations, networking events for all career stages, and professional development sessions.
Start planning your Chicago experience today: https://ow.ly/IBJI50XT9zS
Start planning your Chicago experience today: https://ow.ly/IBJI50XT9zS
The 2026 Presidential Symposium at #SPSP2026 will feature Eran Halperin on doing research amid atrocity and Rebecca Covarrubias witness and resistance in higher education. 🧪
January 7, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The 2026 Presidential Symposium at #SPSP2026 will feature Eran Halperin on doing research amid atrocity and Rebecca Covarrubias witness and resistance in higher education. 🧪
Come #SPSP2026 in Chicago! Over 2,275 have registered for the main meeting (a bit up from the previous year); more than 2,000 for preconferences.
It's the largest convention of social and personality psychologists in the world, teeming with new research & ideas.
spsp.org/events/annua...
It's the largest convention of social and personality psychologists in the world, teeming with new research & ideas.
spsp.org/events/annua...
Annual Convention | SPSP
Attended by researchers, educators, and students from around the world, this event is a highlight in the scientific field of personality and social psychology.
spsp.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Come #SPSP2026 in Chicago! Over 2,275 have registered for the main meeting (a bit up from the previous year); more than 2,000 for preconferences.
It's the largest convention of social and personality psychologists in the world, teeming with new research & ideas.
spsp.org/events/annua...
It's the largest convention of social and personality psychologists in the world, teeming with new research & ideas.
spsp.org/events/annua...
A worthwhile review of a less-than-credible statistic to “detect” biased reporting of results.
There’s no shortcuts for these difficult analyses.
There’s no shortcuts for these difficult analyses.
New paper by Jolynn Pek and colleagues criticizes the z-curve approach of detecting selection bias.
(PDF) What does a Z-curve analysis tell us?
PDF | Z-curve analysis is intended to diagnose the credibility of research results. We clarify the interpretation and statistical properties of Z-curve... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A worthwhile review of a less-than-credible statistic to “detect” biased reporting of results.
There’s no shortcuts for these difficult analyses.
There’s no shortcuts for these difficult analyses.
MAGA discovers the effects of cuts on science. 🧪
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
MAGA discovers the effects of cuts on science. 🧪
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October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Please consider participating in or sharing the recruitment advertisement for our new study, which is focused on understanding body image in bisexual women. The link is in the alt text.
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Please consider participating in or sharing the recruitment advertisement for our new study, which is focused on understanding body image in bisexual women. The link is in the alt text.
Wow!
GASP
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Wow!
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An Introduction To Forensic Metascience by James Heathers
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/field%20specific.html#an-introduction-to-forensic-metascience
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/field%20specific.html#an-introduction-to-forensic-metascience
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
An Introduction To Forensic Metascience by James Heathers
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/field%20specific.html#an-introduction-to-forensic-metascience
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/field%20specific.html#an-introduction-to-forensic-metascience
More Feyerabend, being sensibly anarchic about the unproven “rules of good science” being forced upon us.
Say what you like about the philosophy of science, but this dude is on fire! 🔥
(Feyerabend 1975/1993, p163)
#MetaScience #ScientificReform #ReplicationCrisis #PhilSci
(Feyerabend 1975/1993, p163)
#MetaScience #ScientificReform #ReplicationCrisis #PhilSci
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
More Feyerabend, being sensibly anarchic about the unproven “rules of good science” being forced upon us.
I’ve been reading Jeremy Bentham on the Panopticon—the circular prison where authorities can see what all the prisoners are doing (the prisoners cannot tell when they’re being monitored).
The point of openness is —> surveillance, a hallmark of distrust. It is **designed** to be demotivating.
The point of openness is —> surveillance, a hallmark of distrust. It is **designed** to be demotivating.
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’ve been reading Jeremy Bentham on the Panopticon—the circular prison where authorities can see what all the prisoners are doing (the prisoners cannot tell when they’re being monitored).
The point of openness is —> surveillance, a hallmark of distrust. It is **designed** to be demotivating.
The point of openness is —> surveillance, a hallmark of distrust. It is **designed** to be demotivating.
Paul Feyerabend, Against Method.
Prescriptions about how science MUST be done? Simply a bad, authoritarian idea. And based on the history of science, not good for scientific progress.
#metasci
Prescriptions about how science MUST be done? Simply a bad, authoritarian idea. And based on the history of science, not good for scientific progress.
#metasci
September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Paul Feyerabend, Against Method.
Prescriptions about how science MUST be done? Simply a bad, authoritarian idea. And based on the history of science, not good for scientific progress.
#metasci
Prescriptions about how science MUST be done? Simply a bad, authoritarian idea. And based on the history of science, not good for scientific progress.
#metasci
I know that #JamesDobson has died, and people have feelings, including ill will.
But I want to point you toward Sojourners magazine, which is an excellent antidote to the authoritarian approach to narrow, disapproving Christianity.
sojo.net/articles/sor...
But I want to point you toward Sojourners magazine, which is an excellent antidote to the authoritarian approach to narrow, disapproving Christianity.
sojo.net/articles/sor...
Sorry, James Dobson. We Can't Spank Our Kids to Heaven
We have never been able to punish people into abiding by the law.
sojo.net
August 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I know that #JamesDobson has died, and people have feelings, including ill will.
But I want to point you toward Sojourners magazine, which is an excellent antidote to the authoritarian approach to narrow, disapproving Christianity.
sojo.net/articles/sor...
But I want to point you toward Sojourners magazine, which is an excellent antidote to the authoritarian approach to narrow, disapproving Christianity.
sojo.net/articles/sor...
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I have some good news, and some bad news.
Trump Approval - 18-29 Year Olds:
February 7, 2025:
🟢 Approve: 55%
🔴 Disapprove: 45%
July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 72%
🟢 Approve: 28%
- YouGov -
February 7, 2025:
🟢 Approve: 55%
🔴 Disapprove: 45%
July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 72%
🟢 Approve: 28%
- YouGov -
July 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I have some good news, and some bad news.
Shai Davidai has pissed a lot of people off, but he’s also been a very productive and interesting social psychologist. It really does seem he’s been pushed out of Columbia for showing up and speaking, which is a reasonable expectation for a professor.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
Why I’m Leaving Columbia
When antisemitism became institutional, radical professors fanned the flames and colleagues stayed silent, I had no choice but to walk away. But I won’t stop fighting.
www.tabletmag.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Shai Davidai has pissed a lot of people off, but he’s also been a very productive and interesting social psychologist. It really does seem he’s been pushed out of Columbia for showing up and speaking, which is a reasonable expectation for a professor.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
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Looking forward to the seminar after this, where Brian Wansink will present on best practices in data management
July 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Looking forward to the seminar after this, where Brian Wansink will present on best practices in data management
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I know Chicago winter is a huge departure from our usual SPSP locations, but Chicago is worth it!!! There’s so much good food here! Come hang out!
📌 Reminder: #SPSP2026 submissions opened last week! One week in and we're already seeing great interest. Don't miss your chance to present in Chicago (February 26-28, 2026)!
Podium presentations due July 17 | Posters due September 18
Submit here: ow.ly/aCie50WfwGp
Podium presentations due July 17 | Posters due September 18
Submit here: ow.ly/aCie50WfwGp
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I know Chicago winter is a huge departure from our usual SPSP locations, but Chicago is worth it!!! There’s so much good food here! Come hang out!