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Bidkar J. Salazar
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Quantitative Psychology PhD student, UCLA | B.A. Psych, CSUN
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People still talking generally about seed oils as though they're all one thing - they commonly vary in their omega 6, omega 3 and omega 9 content. Even oils with the same name (eg safflower) have high n6 and high no (high-oleic) varieties.
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The #Metascience2025 conference is hosting a series of ten pre-conference virtual symposia over Zoom in the weeks leading up to the conference. These sessions are all free to attend!

⬇️ Register here ⬇️
metascience.info/virtual-symp...

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Virtual pre-conference symposia - Metascience
In the two weeks leading up to the conference, Metascience 2025 will host a series of ten pre-conference virtual symposia. These sessions will be free to attend and held on Zoom.
metascience.info
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Complementing other communications about the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order, here is a statement from COS. Also, see the links to stories from previous attempts to co-opt open science for policies that undermine science and evidence-based policymaking.

www.cos.io/about/news/c...
COS Statement on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order
The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally...
www.cos.io
May 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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AI is quickly becoming a valuable tool in psychological research. I created a short guide to help you use it well (link in comments 👇).

Includes CustomGPTs, example prompts, and tools for lit reviews, survey design, data analysis, and manuscript prep.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I get this question a lot via email and in class, so I thought I'd write a blog. I don't think the ideas are novel, but rather just synthesizing what others in the field have wrote. Hopefully it's helpful to others (i.e., a quicker read than some of the papers). www.akmontoya.com/post/i-found...
I Found a Significant Indirect Effect, But My Total Effect Is Not Significant! What Do I Do?
This question comes up a lot—via email, in workshops, at conferences. You've run a mediation analysis and found a significant indirect effect, but your total effect isn't statistically significant. No...
www.akmontoya.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM