Victoria Savalei
@vsavalei.bsky.social
Quantitative Psychologist at the University of British Columbia
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New paper in Psychometrika from Yon Soo Suh, myself, & Li Cai. We introduce SISQUOC: a Sequential Importance Sampling algorithm to Quickly and Uniformly Obtain Contingency tables. This algorithm opens the door to fitting propensity analysis of categorical data models. Preproof here: bit.ly/3SYilhO
May 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New paper in Psychometrika from Yon Soo Suh, myself, & Li Cai. We introduce SISQUOC: a Sequential Importance Sampling algorithm to Quickly and Uniformly Obtain Contingency tables. This algorithm opens the door to fitting propensity analysis of categorical data models. Preproof here: bit.ly/3SYilhO
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The conservative conception of masculinity affirms men as breadwinners and promotes toughness. It’s a mentality that fuels the misogynistic online network known as the “manosphere,” a body that may be powerful enough to sway Canada’s political conversation. thewalrus.ca/the-kids-are-lea...
April 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The conservative conception of masculinity affirms men as breadwinners and promotes toughness. It’s a mentality that fuels the misogynistic online network known as the “manosphere,” a body that may be powerful enough to sway Canada’s political conversation. thewalrus.ca/the-kids-are-lea...
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Look, those elitist penguins have been ripping us off for decades.
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Look, those elitist penguins have been ripping us off for decades.
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New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me shows that the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores have poor structural properties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Scores Demonstrate Poor Structural Properties in Nine Large Non-Clinical Samples - Wendy C. Higgins, Victoria Savalei, Vince Polito, Robert M. Ross, 2025
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is widely used in clinical and non-clinical research. However, the structural properties of RMET scores have yet to...
journals.sagepub.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me shows that the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores have poor structural properties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Changes to MSc, PhD and postdoc funding programs from 🇨🇦 tri councils. Harmonization across councils, more awards, and new eligibility for international PhD and postdoc applicants!
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🇨🇦New Tri-Agency open access policy: "Agency grantees & chairholders must deposit their article in a Canadian institutional repository at the time of publication [...] preprints deposited under an open license will be accepted as compliant with this policy." science.gc.ca/site/science...
Draft, Revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications
Preamble
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (...
science.gc.ca
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🇨🇦New Tri-Agency open access policy: "Agency grantees & chairholders must deposit their article in a Canadian institutional repository at the time of publication [...] preprints deposited under an open license will be accepted as compliant with this policy." science.gc.ca/site/science...
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The premise of American foreign policy to Ukraine, today, is one of grievance. It is worth patiently considering the proposals. They reveal little about Ukraine, but much about America in February 2025.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The premise of American foreign policy to Ukraine, today, is one of grievance. It is worth patiently considering the proposals. They reveal little about Ukraine, but much about America in February 2025.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
New paper in Psych Methods with @muhuahuang.bsky.social, in which we show that EFA structures that CFA models will fit well to many underlying EFA-like structures, i.e., models with many cross-loadings. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-..., osf.io/q2jw8
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New paper in Psych Methods with @muhuahuang.bsky.social, in which we show that EFA structures that CFA models will fit well to many underlying EFA-like structures, i.e., models with many cross-loadings. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-..., osf.io/q2jw8
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For newcomers, I and @vincentmourik.bsky.social wrote the 2012 Science article that literally started the Microsoft technical effort to build topological qubits.
The paper is okay, and it includes a lot of negative evidence in the supplement (i made sure of it), 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The paper is okay, and it includes a lot of negative evidence in the supplement (i made sure of it), 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Signatures of Majorana Fermions in Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Nanowire Devices
Theoretically predicted particles that double as their own antiparticles emerge in a superconductor-coupled indium antimonide nanowire.
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For newcomers, I and @vincentmourik.bsky.social wrote the 2012 Science article that literally started the Microsoft technical effort to build topological qubits.
The paper is okay, and it includes a lot of negative evidence in the supplement (i made sure of it), 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The paper is okay, and it includes a lot of negative evidence in the supplement (i made sure of it), 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Yes. PAY even for retracted articles.
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yes. PAY even for retracted articles.
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This year I have the honour of serving the Psychometric Society as its President, and we have been working hard on the program for the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) psychometricsociety.org/imps-2025 You can submit an abstract here: imps2025.exordo.com
IMPS 2025 - Psychometric Society
July 15-18, 2025 (Short Courses July 14)
psychometricsociety.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This year I have the honour of serving the Psychometric Society as its President, and we have been working hard on the program for the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) psychometricsociety.org/imps-2025 You can submit an abstract here: imps2025.exordo.com
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Call for nominations! I know many great people who would do a wonderful job in this position. I also probably don't know many great people who would do a wonderful job as well-- help spread the word! Happy to answer questions about EiC at AMPPS with @psychscience.bsky.social . tinyurl.com/ykpzvp7e
<em>Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science</em> Call for Editor-in-Chief Nominations
Deadline: March 14, 2025Nominations are now being invited for Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS), APS’s open access journal that serves as the ...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Call for nominations! I know many great people who would do a wonderful job in this position. I also probably don't know many great people who would do a wonderful job as well-- help spread the word! Happy to answer questions about EiC at AMPPS with @psychscience.bsky.social . tinyurl.com/ykpzvp7e
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Are psychometric networks sufficiently supported by data such that one can be confident when interpreting its results? We analysed 294 psychometric networks from 126 papers with the Bayesian approach to address this question @jmbh.bsky.social Sara Ruth van Holst @maartenmarsman.bsky.social 🧵
Statistical Evidence in Psychological Networks: A Bayesian Analysis of 294 Networks from 126 Studies: http://osf.io/62ydg/
January 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are psychometric networks sufficiently supported by data such that one can be confident when interpreting its results? We analysed 294 psychometric networks from 126 papers with the Bayesian approach to address this question @jmbh.bsky.social Sara Ruth van Holst @maartenmarsman.bsky.social 🧵
New paper with @mijke.bsky.social clarifying the distinction between factor scores and factor score estimates, open access! doi.org/10.1080/0027...
Estimated Factor Scores Are Not True Factor Scores
In this tutorial, we clarify the distinction between estimated factor scores, which are weighted composites of observed variables, and true factor scores, which are unobservable values of the under...
doi.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New paper with @mijke.bsky.social clarifying the distinction between factor scores and factor score estimates, open access! doi.org/10.1080/0027...
What not to write in reference letters: "Among several undergraduates I've worked with over the years, he is definitely in the top 20."
December 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
What not to write in reference letters: "Among several undergraduates I've worked with over the years, he is definitely in the top 20."
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"We think that it’s too easy for journals and publishers to claim that they have followed COPE guidance, when — in our view — they have only paid lip service to publication integrity while sidestepping the harder work of assessing, flagging and resolving concerns".
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
How to improve assessments of publication integrity
Too often, journal assessments of potentially unreliable research are superficial, opaque and prolonged. Changes to the guidance given by the Committee on Publication Ethics could tighten up the proce...
doi.org
August 22, 2024 at 11:58 AM
"We think that it’s too easy for journals and publishers to claim that they have followed COPE guidance, when — in our view — they have only paid lip service to publication integrity while sidestepping the harder work of assessing, flagging and resolving concerns".
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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Introducing PowerLMM.js!
A new tool for power analysis of longitudinal linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) – with support for missing data, plus non-inferiority and equivalence tests.
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Would really appreciate your feedback as I refine this app! Details below 🧵👇
A new tool for power analysis of longitudinal linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) – with support for missing data, plus non-inferiority and equivalence tests.
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Would really appreciate your feedback as I refine this app! Details below 🧵👇
December 11, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Introducing PowerLMM.js!
A new tool for power analysis of longitudinal linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) – with support for missing data, plus non-inferiority and equivalence tests.
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Would really appreciate your feedback as I refine this app! Details below 🧵👇
A new tool for power analysis of longitudinal linear mixed-effects models (LMMs) – with support for missing data, plus non-inferiority and equivalence tests.
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Would really appreciate your feedback as I refine this app! Details below 🧵👇
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Come be my colleague! The quant. methods program in the Educational Psychology department at UW Madison is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the area of measurement and machine-learning/AI. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods - RISE AI - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary:
The University of Wisconsin - Madison Quantitative Methods Program in the Department of Educational Psychology seeks a tenure-track faculty member whose research focuses on advancing me...
jobs.wisc.edu
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Come be my colleague! The quant. methods program in the Educational Psychology department at UW Madison is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the area of measurement and machine-learning/AI. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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2/2
The second is my solution for the replication crisis. It was recently accepted at Assessment.
"How to Produce, Identify, and Motivate Robust Psychological Science: A Roadmap and a Response to Vize et al."
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
The second is my solution for the replication crisis. It was recently accepted at Assessment.
"How to Produce, Identify, and Motivate Robust Psychological Science: A Roadmap and a Response to Vize et al."
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
October 24, 2024 at 9:45 PM
2/2
The second is my solution for the replication crisis. It was recently accepted at Assessment.
"How to Produce, Identify, and Motivate Robust Psychological Science: A Roadmap and a Response to Vize et al."
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
The second is my solution for the replication crisis. It was recently accepted at Assessment.
"How to Produce, Identify, and Motivate Robust Psychological Science: A Roadmap and a Response to Vize et al."
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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1/2
Hi All! I’d like to share two papers that mean a lot to me. The first is my diagnosis of the replication crisis.
"Campbell’s Law Explains the Replication Crisis: Pre-Registration Badges Are History Repeating" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)
Hi All! I’d like to share two papers that mean a lot to me. The first is my diagnosis of the replication crisis.
"Campbell’s Law Explains the Replication Crisis: Pre-Registration Badges Are History Repeating" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)
Campbell’s Law Explains the Replication Crisis: Pre-Registration Badges Are History Repeating - E. David Klonsky, 2024
Campbell’s Law explains the replication crisis. In brief, useful tools such as hypotheses, p-values, and multi-study designs came to be viewed as indicators of ...
journals.sagepub.com
October 24, 2024 at 9:44 PM
1/2
Hi All! I’d like to share two papers that mean a lot to me. The first is my diagnosis of the replication crisis.
"Campbell’s Law Explains the Replication Crisis: Pre-Registration Badges Are History Repeating" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)
Hi All! I’d like to share two papers that mean a lot to me. The first is my diagnosis of the replication crisis.
"Campbell’s Law Explains the Replication Crisis: Pre-Registration Badges Are History Repeating" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)
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New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me: Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores demonstrate poor structural properties in nine large non-clinical samples. osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
October 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me: Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores demonstrate poor structural properties in nine large non-clinical samples. osf.io/preprints/ps...
This holiday season, please consider donating to lavaan! It runs our lives. I mean, our models. I couldn't do without it. lavaan.ugent.be/about/donate...
lavaan.org - Donate
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December 10, 2023 at 12:14 AM
This holiday season, please consider donating to lavaan! It runs our lives. I mean, our models. I couldn't do without it. lavaan.ugent.be/about/donate...
Nice to finally be let in! Please re-? the ad below! Thank you. :)
UBC Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in quantitative methods, to begin on July 1, 2024. The deadline for applications is OCT 13, 2023!
psyc.air.arts.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
UBC Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in quantitative methods, to begin on July 1, 2024. The deadline for applications is OCT 13, 2023!
psyc.air.arts.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
September 20, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Nice to finally be let in! Please re-? the ad below! Thank you. :)
UBC Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in quantitative methods, to begin on July 1, 2024. The deadline for applications is OCT 13, 2023!
psyc.air.arts.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
UBC Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in quantitative methods, to begin on July 1, 2024. The deadline for applications is OCT 13, 2023!
psyc.air.arts.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...