Andreas Brandmaier
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Andreas Brandmaier
@brandmaier.bsky.social
Research Methods. Multivariate Models. Individual differences. Lifespan. Reproducibility. R. Views are my own but you can keep them.
Brilliant design! Makes me want to have a new website as well!
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Also see the press release, which may have contributed to this by their opener "A university degree is linked to a heightened risk of developing a brain tumour":

medicalxpress.com/news/2016-06...
High levels of education linked to heightened brain tumor risk
A university degree is linked to a heightened risk of developing a brain tumour, suggests a large observational study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
medicalxpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Not exactly 'low quality,' but a brilliant example of how correlational findings can start to take on a life of their own. The paper title is "Socioeconomic position and the risk of brain tumour" but see the Mirror's headline. Original paper: jech.bmj.com/content/70/1...
September 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
What is their recommendation to use instead?
September 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The package supports R/quarto files with small hiccups. The next package release will hopefully fully support quarto.
July 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More info on the basics here: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
And use cases in our vignettes, e.g.:
brandmaier.github.io/reproducible... -- click "Articles" to see more.
Automated Reproducibility Testing in R Markdown
Computational results are considered reproducible if the same computation on the same data yields the same results if performed on a different computer or on the same computer later in time. Reproduci...
online.ucpress.edu
July 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
gasps of awe!
July 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yes, yes, yes. And particularly thank you for quoting the essential “Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.”
June 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM