Rich Jones
@rnjma.bsky.social
Epidemiology, Cognitive Aging, Statistics, Psychometrics, Dogs, Celtics, Billsmafia
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Enroll in my new workshop to realize your dream of learning IRT
#quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky
#quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky
Foundations of Item Response Theory
This workshop from Wes Bonifay focuses on the foundations and application of item response theory, particularly as applied to binary items.
centerstat.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Enroll in my new workshop to realize your dream of learning IRT
#quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky
#quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky
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Gratitutde to all NIH study section participants who are participating in rescheduled meetings now and in January. Thank you for your service and thanks also to the hard working NIH staff who are making these happen. 🥰🧪
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gratitutde to all NIH study section participants who are participating in rescheduled meetings now and in January. Thank you for your service and thanks also to the hard working NIH staff who are making these happen. 🥰🧪
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The way I see it, we have a few options:
1. General strike
2. Mass protests in DC for as long as it takes
3. Wait for Republicans to protect the country and therefore lose the country
No one is coming to save us.
1. General strike
2. Mass protests in DC for as long as it takes
3. Wait for Republicans to protect the country and therefore lose the country
No one is coming to save us.
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The way I see it, we have a few options:
1. General strike
2. Mass protests in DC for as long as it takes
3. Wait for Republicans to protect the country and therefore lose the country
No one is coming to save us.
1. General strike
2. Mass protests in DC for as long as it takes
3. Wait for Republicans to protect the country and therefore lose the country
No one is coming to save us.
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A mnemonic device for remembering the Great Lakes
January 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A mnemonic device for remembering the Great Lakes
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Maxwell was rescued from Nairobi National Park as a calf. He's blind – and because rhinos use vision to assess rivals, he can never safely return to the wild. We built him a boma within the National Park, a special home to call his own, enjoy mud baths and interact with neighbours: swt.bio/maxwell
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maxwell was rescued from Nairobi National Park as a calf. He's blind – and because rhinos use vision to assess rivals, he can never safely return to the wild. We built him a boma within the National Park, a special home to call his own, enjoy mud baths and interact with neighbours: swt.bio/maxwell
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Excited to share a new paper just published in Neuroepidemiology! We used 22 years of longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study to answer a surprisingly unsettled question: How fast does memory decline in older adults without dementia? 🧵👇
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Excited to share a new paper just published in Neuroepidemiology! We used 22 years of longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study to answer a surprisingly unsettled question: How fast does memory decline in older adults without dementia? 🧵👇
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🧠 A major study in Nature Medicine challenges common belief about education & dementia protection: higher education didn’t slow brain ageing; it provided a higher starting point. This advantage may be established in childhood, not built through schooling itself.
👉 share-eric.eu/research-res...
👉 share-eric.eu/research-res...
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧠 A major study in Nature Medicine challenges common belief about education & dementia protection: higher education didn’t slow brain ageing; it provided a higher starting point. This advantage may be established in childhood, not built through schooling itself.
👉 share-eric.eu/research-res...
👉 share-eric.eu/research-res...
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Wearing in solidarity with our courageous federal workers who are trying hard to honor their oaths to The Constitution and the good people of our country.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wearing in solidarity with our courageous federal workers who are trying hard to honor their oaths to The Constitution and the good people of our country.
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Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s - research
A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research funded by Alzheimer’s Society and led by the University of Exeter,...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... by @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
#Alzheimers #dementia #shingles #vaccines
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The Quantitative Staff Network was launched to bridge the gap between quantitative scientists and the broader scientific community. Looking for new ways to connect with your peers? Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Quantitative Staff Network was launched to bridge the gap between quantitative scientists and the broader scientific community. Looking for new ways to connect with your peers? Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
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We're very excited that our next AMPHIBIAN speaker will be Dr. Alessandro De Nadai, speaking about machine learning in mental health research and interventions on 12/3 at 12:30. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We're very excited that our next AMPHIBIAN speaker will be Dr. Alessandro De Nadai, speaking about machine learning in mental health research and interventions on 12/3 at 12:30. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@rnjma.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social
@rnjma.bsky.social @gemmawallace.bsky.social
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WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
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November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
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If only there was a good explanation as to why 🤔
Pre-post effect sizes neatly rise with baseline severity in this evaluation of inpatient/day treatment outcomes…
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If only there was a good explanation as to why 🤔
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There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ >
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ >
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Your answer cannot be biased if you never specified a question.
a man in a leather jacket is smiling in front of a building with a sign that says opening on it .
Alt: roll safe meme
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Your answer cannot be biased if you never specified a question.
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New Frost lab preprint from @SohnClaira: “Elevation of the mechanically-sensitive protein emerin links nuclear mechanotransduction to tau-induced cytoskeletal remodeling in neurons”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New Frost lab preprint from @SohnClaira: “Elevation of the mechanically-sensitive protein emerin links nuclear mechanotransduction to tau-induced cytoskeletal remodeling in neurons”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/9
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This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime
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When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us!
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When students, faculty, and our communities are united to fight for our universities, for the common good, and for our democracy, nothing can stop us!
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!
@aft @higheredlabor.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
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Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
@aaup.org
@aaup.org
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
@aaup.org
@aaup.org
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Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...