Michael Philipp
@mphilipp.bsky.social
Aspiring enthusiast · Armchair methodologist · Social cognition · thinking about animal minds 🪲
University of Canterbury, NZ
Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa 🇳🇿
University of Canterbury, NZ
Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa 🇳🇿
Pinned
Recruiting a PhD student to join us at Univ Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) to study how people perceive animal minds & how those perceptions shape moral concern, behaviour, & policy. Scholarship info:
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
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Recruiting a PhD student to join us at Univ Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) to study how people perceive animal minds & how those perceptions shape moral concern, behaviour, & policy. Scholarship info:
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Recruiting a PhD student to join us at Univ Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) to study how people perceive animal minds & how those perceptions shape moral concern, behaviour, & policy. Scholarship info:
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
Recruiting a PhD student to join us at Univ Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) to study how people perceive animal minds & how those perceptions shape moral concern, behaviour, & policy. Scholarship info:
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Recruiting a PhD student to join us at Univ Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) to study how people perceive animal minds & how those perceptions shape moral concern, behaviour, & policy. Scholarship info:
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/abo...
Rolling review starts Dec 2025 • Flexible Feb–July 2026 start
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New favorite sign just dropped
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New favorite sign just dropped
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New study shows people who took a causal inference class are better at reasoning about data. Asked if they have any policy recommendations, authors narrow eyes, look at reporter, and reply "Absolutely none"
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New study shows people who took a causal inference class are better at reasoning about data. Asked if they have any policy recommendations, authors narrow eyes, look at reporter, and reply "Absolutely none"
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Great reporting by Guyon & colleagues @rnzrss.bsky.social
The #AlcoholIndustry shouldn’t be involved in policy. They:
▶️ refute evidence of harm
▶️ avoid blame for their actions
▶️ fight approaches that would reduce harm to communities
▶️ prioritise profit over people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The #AlcoholIndustry shouldn’t be involved in policy. They:
▶️ refute evidence of harm
▶️ avoid blame for their actions
▶️ fight approaches that would reduce harm to communities
▶️ prioritise profit over people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Ministry of Health forced to release documents showing alcohol lobby influence
Papers reveal industry lobbying against tax hikes, restrictions on sales, and a Fetal Alcohol plan.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Great reporting by Guyon & colleagues @rnzrss.bsky.social
The #AlcoholIndustry shouldn’t be involved in policy. They:
▶️ refute evidence of harm
▶️ avoid blame for their actions
▶️ fight approaches that would reduce harm to communities
▶️ prioritise profit over people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The #AlcoholIndustry shouldn’t be involved in policy. They:
▶️ refute evidence of harm
▶️ avoid blame for their actions
▶️ fight approaches that would reduce harm to communities
▶️ prioritise profit over people
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
If you have anything to do with teaching statistics, visit Kristoffer’s online interactive visualizations. They used to be my favourite contribution to the teaching of research methods. I don’t teach my students R, but this is now my favourite 👇🏼
🚨New R package! {easymediation}🚨
The *Simplest* and *Most Correct* Way to Do Causal Mediation Analysis
Are you tired of explaining mediation analysis to your colleagues? Just send them this package.
github.com/rpsychologis...
The *Simplest* and *Most Correct* Way to Do Causal Mediation Analysis
Are you tired of explaining mediation analysis to your colleagues? Just send them this package.
github.com/rpsychologis...
May 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you have anything to do with teaching statistics, visit Kristoffer’s online interactive visualizations. They used to be my favourite contribution to the teaching of research methods. I don’t teach my students R, but this is now my favourite 👇🏼
Oscillating between looking forward to a closer read of this and retreating to my motivated reasoning about the occasional merits of external invalidity.
Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
The necessity of construct and external validity for deductive causal inference
The Credibility Revolution advances internally valid research designs intended to identify causal effects from quantitative data. The ensuing emphasis on internal validity, however, has enabled a negl...
www.degruyter.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Oscillating between looking forward to a closer read of this and retreating to my motivated reasoning about the occasional merits of external invalidity.
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We are recruiting an RA for an eye-tracking project investigating human factors in forensic science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ! There is also PhD scholarships available. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, hit me up or send me your CV! NZ pics for tax 🦜
November 20, 2024 at 7:03 AM
We are recruiting an RA for an eye-tracking project investigating human factors in forensic science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ! There is also PhD scholarships available. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, hit me up or send me your CV! NZ pics for tax 🦜
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“i am running into a new year / and i beg what i love and / i leave to forgive me” — Lucille Clifton
December 30, 2023 at 10:27 PM
“i am running into a new year / and i beg what i love and / i leave to forgive me” — Lucille Clifton
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😂 literally spent 2 hours trying to remember which email/password combo would work with a journal’s manuscript central portal today.
I envy that it’s in your past 😊
I envy that it’s in your past 😊
Does anyone else have flashbacks to logging in to Manuscript Central when trying to access your different Slack workspaces on a new machine?
December 7, 2023 at 2:22 AM
😂 literally spent 2 hours trying to remember which email/password combo would work with a journal’s manuscript central portal today.
I envy that it’s in your past 😊
I envy that it’s in your past 😊
Not since the American Cotton Producers has an ad hit me in the feels like this.
Today I shill for big tech making good ads. Also, Taika.
www.apple.com/accessibilit...
Today I shill for big tech making good ads. Also, Taika.
www.apple.com/accessibilit...
Accessibility - The Lost Voice
The Lost Voice film follows a young girl’s journey to find a missing voice, narrated through Apple’s accessibility feature, Personal Voice.
www.apple.com
December 6, 2023 at 12:10 AM
Not since the American Cotton Producers has an ad hit me in the feels like this.
Today I shill for big tech making good ads. Also, Taika.
www.apple.com/accessibilit...
Today I shill for big tech making good ads. Also, Taika.
www.apple.com/accessibilit...