Lisa DeBruine
@debruine.bsky.social
#rstats #PsyTeachR #PsySciAcc #OpenResearch #CodingClub #ManyFaces (overwhelmed by social media) 🏳️🌈 she/they
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The presentation of the Cass report as this gospel text is also disingenuous given the significant academic criticism it has received.
Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.
Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
The presentation of the Cass report as this gospel text is also disingenuous given the significant academic criticism it has received.
Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.
Just last year, a peer-reviewed critique led by Irish researchers from the University of Galway found serious flaws with the report.
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Pick up the nearest (e)book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
There is also an ‘I’ in ‘silver,’” he said.
(If you know what that’s from, I expect you have the same brain worm I do lately🏒)
There is also an ‘I’ in ‘silver,’” he said.
(If you know what that’s from, I expect you have the same brain worm I do lately🏒)
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"The objects found inside an excavation - as in an archival collection - were created by an individual or group of individuals"
"The objects found inside an excavation - as in an archival collection - were created by an individual or group of individuals"
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It's just this magical place where I can put my responsibilities so that I don't have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at eight hundred miles per hour."
"It's just this magical place where I can put my responsibilities so that I don't have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at eight hundred miles per hour."
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Pick up the nearest (e)book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
There is also an ‘I’ in ‘silver,’” he said.
(If you know what that’s from, I expect you have the same brain worm I do lately🏒)
There is also an ‘I’ in ‘silver,’” he said.
(If you know what that’s from, I expect you have the same brain worm I do lately🏒)
Is anyone here an expert on #rstats ellmer structured data?
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Is anyone here an expert on #rstats ellmer structured data?
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
It works when I define the JSON schema of an object A containing an array of object B, but not when I read object B from JSON schema and use type_object and type_array to set up object A.
Reprex: gist.github.com/debruine/d35...
It’s usually about 15C when I wake up lately (my landlord won’t let me install a smart thermostat) so the butter is very hard, but I’ve discovered (maybe you all already knew this) that using a vegetable peeler to get thin slices makes cold butter so easy to spread! #lifehacks 🧈
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It’s usually about 15C when I wake up lately (my landlord won’t let me install a smart thermostat) so the butter is very hard, but I’ve discovered (maybe you all already knew this) that using a vegetable peeler to get thin slices makes cold butter so easy to spread! #lifehacks 🧈
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Our publishing system does not prioritise or value the careful curation of research data to be FAIR nearly enough. I have been data editing for AP&P for a year now, and it is sad to see no reward for the clearly careful organisation of data and materials vs that which is thrown on OSF with no care!
a cartoon of donald duck says " and a bah humbug " to you
ALT: a cartoon of donald duck says " and a bah humbug " to you
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Our publishing system does not prioritise or value the careful curation of research data to be FAIR nearly enough. I have been data editing for AP&P for a year now, and it is sad to see no reward for the clearly careful organisation of data and materials vs that which is thrown on OSF with no care!
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@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
January 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM
@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
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After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
eiko-fried.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data.
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition.
eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
I absolutely love myself a unique identifier, but why oh why, DOI, do you allow formats like this?!
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<11::AID-PON424>3.0.CO;2-Z
(Also why does the CrossRef API deal with parentheses so weird? You can't URL-encode them in queries)
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<11::AID-PON424>3.0.CO;2-Z
(Also why does the CrossRef API deal with parentheses so weird? You can't URL-encode them in queries)
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I absolutely love myself a unique identifier, but why oh why, DOI, do you allow formats like this?!
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<11::AID-PON424>3.0.CO;2-Z
(Also why does the CrossRef API deal with parentheses so weird? You can't URL-encode them in queries)
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<11::AID-PON424>3.0.CO;2-Z
(Also why does the CrossRef API deal with parentheses so weird? You can't URL-encode them in queries)
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The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Max Planck Society has begun an exploratory round table for open science. We are drafting some recommendations to leadership. Still a long way to go! But here are my notes on the most recent draft, just so you all know how I am trying to steer things.
Reposted by Lisa DeBruine
Metadata matters!
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Metadata matters!
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly.
Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2
Reposted by Lisa DeBruine
{ggview} can print plots to Viewer (Rstudio or Positron) with true scaling. Adjust plot settings and see the final proportions immediately.
Save the plot once 👌
e.g.:
ggplot(...) +
ggview::canvas(width = 220, height = 220*2/3, units = "mm", dpi = 300)
per @nrennie.bsky.social #datavis #rstats
Save the plot once 👌
e.g.:
ggplot(...) +
ggview::canvas(width = 220, height = 220*2/3, units = "mm", dpi = 300)
per @nrennie.bsky.social #datavis #rstats
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
{ggview} can print plots to Viewer (Rstudio or Positron) with true scaling. Adjust plot settings and see the final proportions immediately.
Save the plot once 👌
e.g.:
ggplot(...) +
ggview::canvas(width = 220, height = 220*2/3, units = "mm", dpi = 300)
per @nrennie.bsky.social #datavis #rstats
Save the plot once 👌
e.g.:
ggplot(...) +
ggview::canvas(width = 220, height = 220*2/3, units = "mm", dpi = 300)
per @nrennie.bsky.social #datavis #rstats
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Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap
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This is a fundraising post!
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
Fund Search Results | Giving to MIT
giving.mit.edu
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is a fundraising post!
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
Metadata!!!
10 years since CRediT was introduced, >20% adoption (of full text in Dimensions). Now, we need to build on this to comprehensively integrate CRediT in metadata and make sure the taxonomy evolves to remain fit for purpose. doi.org/10.1038/d415...
W/ @sjcporter.bsky.social Liz Allen Ruth Whitman
W/ @sjcporter.bsky.social Liz Allen Ruth Whitman
A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Metadata!!!
I’m not sure how Scientific Reports can ever mend its reputation now.
More nonsense from Scientific Reports
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This article may be many things, but scientific it ain’t
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This article may be many things, but scientific it ain’t
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I’m not sure how Scientific Reports can ever mend its reputation now.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Tori Amos (first gig 1993)
Melt Banana / The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pussy Riot
Boygenius
Young Fathers (5 times, but the 2015 Art School gig was stunning)
(I saw the pixies in Paris for my 40th birthday, but I don’t want to repeat the quoted poster ;)
Tori Amos (first gig 1993)
Melt Banana / The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pussy Riot
Boygenius
Young Fathers (5 times, but the 2015 Art School gig was stunning)
(I saw the pixies in Paris for my 40th birthday, but I don’t want to repeat the quoted poster ;)
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Tori Amos (first gig 1993)
Melt Banana / The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pussy Riot
Boygenius
Young Fathers (5 times, but the 2015 Art School gig was stunning)
(I saw the pixies in Paris for my 40th birthday, but I don’t want to repeat the quoted poster ;)
Tori Amos (first gig 1993)
Melt Banana / The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pussy Riot
Boygenius
Young Fathers (5 times, but the 2015 Art School gig was stunning)
(I saw the pixies in Paris for my 40th birthday, but I don’t want to repeat the quoted poster ;)
Reposted by Lisa DeBruine
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
“&runctitional features” 😩
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
“&runctitional features” 😩
🥲
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🥲
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We have a new revision on our preprint "Practice what you preach: Designing student assignments that advance open and reproducible science"! We had some of the nicest (but still critical) peer-review comments I've ever received, so that was refreshing.
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We have a new revision on our preprint "Practice what you preach: Designing student assignments that advance open and reproducible science"! We had some of the nicest (but still critical) peer-review comments I've ever received, so that was refreshing.
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
A few years old, but this is a fascinating article about how a well-debunked method to teach reading may be at the root of American’s poor reading comprehension
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A few years old, but this is a fascinating article about how a well-debunked method to teach reading may be at the root of American’s poor reading comprehension
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
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This November, like every November, I am teaching basic research proposal writing to the new phd cohort at my institute. Here is the 2 page template we start with and adapt. Link to LaTeX github.com/rmcelreath/P...
![\title[PhD Plan for CANDIDATE]{Department of \mbox{Full Luxury Galactic Metascience}\\PhD Plan for CANDIDATE}
% list committee members
\author[]{Committee:\\
Prof.~MEMBER1\\
Dr.~MEMBER2\\
Dr.~MEMBER3}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle% this prints the handout title, author, and date
\begin{marginfigure}[-5.2cm]
\includegraphics[width=3.5cm]{Minerva.pdf}
\end{marginfigure}
\section{Phenomenon}
The subject matter to be addressed. What is the question? Citation for background are useful, but don't do a full lit review (yet).\cite{HenrichMcElreath:2003} Additional references can be included at the end bibliography by using \verb|\nocite|. \nocite{NBGA2005}
\section{Theoretical Perspective}
The framework for explaining the phenomenon. What are the implications of theory? If more than one theory is relevant, how do the implications differ? What are the current holes in the theory or theories?
\section{Approach}
Modeling and empirical research approach to address the theory/ies nominated above. Important thing is to \emph{justify} the approach in terms of theory.
\section{Specifics of Approach}
Outline any special skills, equipment, or techniques that will be required. This includes, in the case of field research, a paragraph on the background of the field location. Data analysis approach needs a sketch. Can use citation\cite{Merowetal2014} for further detail.
\section{Expected Products}
A list of the (usually 3) articles expected for completion of the PhD. Think of each as a fantasy abstract.
\begin{enumerate}
\item \emph{The Evolution of Human Uniqueness.} There is wide agreement that humans are unique. But it is rarely asked: Have they always been unique? In this paper, we derive a general uniqueness theorem that states that any unique species must have been less unique at some point in the past. This theorem has implications for the achievement of world peace.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ta2whs6wjtpljvpqgs5leu36/bafkreihnoflhyf2lajrvcsovawt3xr47qlm76jfhzet5lqumkabtzufvoe@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This November, like every November, I am teaching basic research proposal writing to the new phd cohort at my institute. Here is the 2 page template we start with and adapt. Link to LaTeX github.com/rmcelreath/P...