Maria D. Soto
@mdsoto.bsky.social
PhD Student at UofT l Psychology
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It is a bit funny seing many people outraged about p-curve, after the well deserved critique by Moorey, but completely unfazed about the still dominant practice of using funnel plots and fail-safe n to claim absence of publication bias.
With common defense "that’s how other studies did it before"...
With common defense "that’s how other studies did it before"...
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is a bit funny seing many people outraged about p-curve, after the well deserved critique by Moorey, but completely unfazed about the still dominant practice of using funnel plots and fail-safe n to claim absence of publication bias.
With common defense "that’s how other studies did it before"...
With common defense "that’s how other studies did it before"...
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The Blue Horsehead Nebula IC 4592
A beautiful area in Scorpious constellation. Near the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex adds an amazing object to the already beautiful area. Taken from Atacama.
#Astrophotography #TicosEnAtacama #Astro #Horsehead
A beautiful area in Scorpious constellation. Near the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex adds an amazing object to the already beautiful area. Taken from Atacama.
#Astrophotography #TicosEnAtacama #Astro #Horsehead
July 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Blue Horsehead Nebula IC 4592
A beautiful area in Scorpious constellation. Near the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex adds an amazing object to the already beautiful area. Taken from Atacama.
#Astrophotography #TicosEnAtacama #Astro #Horsehead
A beautiful area in Scorpious constellation. Near the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex adds an amazing object to the already beautiful area. Taken from Atacama.
#Astrophotography #TicosEnAtacama #Astro #Horsehead
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Wildfire smoke is a new kind of weather. It can keep us from doing outdoor stuff we enjoy. It can force us to rethink our homes' filtration/ventilation. It can make us, or our kids or elders, sick. Climate change is substantially to blame, but people won't know that until we tell them. Repeatedly.
Wildfire health impacts continue -- but research shows that if we do not directly connect extremes with how they're being driven by a warming climate, being affected by disasters won't make us more willing to support + advocate for climate action. That's why it's SO impt that we talk about it!
Air quality in Toronto among worst in the world Monday, as Environment Canada issues heat warning | CBC News
Parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are under an air quality warning on Monday alongside an ongoing heat warning in the region, Environment Canada says.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wildfire smoke is a new kind of weather. It can keep us from doing outdoor stuff we enjoy. It can force us to rethink our homes' filtration/ventilation. It can make us, or our kids or elders, sick. Climate change is substantially to blame, but people won't know that until we tell them. Repeatedly.
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Another nice Costa Rican hummingbird, the tiny Violet-headed Hummingbird. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Another nice Costa Rican hummingbird, the tiny Violet-headed Hummingbird. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
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New preprint discusses three theory-based QRPs:
🔹 Hypothesizing before understanding theory
🔹 Liberal theory interpretation
🔹 Hypothesis cherry picking
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#MetaSci #PhilSci #Methodology #evosky 🧪
🔹 Hypothesizing before understanding theory
🔹 Liberal theory interpretation
🔹 Hypothesis cherry picking
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#MetaSci #PhilSci #Methodology #evosky 🧪
June 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM
New preprint discusses three theory-based QRPs:
🔹 Hypothesizing before understanding theory
🔹 Liberal theory interpretation
🔹 Hypothesis cherry picking
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#MetaSci #PhilSci #Methodology #evosky 🧪
🔹 Hypothesizing before understanding theory
🔹 Liberal theory interpretation
🔹 Hypothesis cherry picking
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#MetaSci #PhilSci #Methodology #evosky 🧪
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“While preregistration can be a beneficial tool, current practices among authors, reviewers, and editors indicate that this tool is not being used appropriately”
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
March 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“While preregistration can be a beneficial tool, current practices among authors, reviewers, and editors indicate that this tool is not being used appropriately”
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.
February 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.
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Reposted by Maria D. Soto
Excellent and provocative lecture by @ulrichschimmack.bsky.social on measurement at the 4M winterschool. "It is hard to reward people for thinking."
"There is nothing wrong with exploring the data. How else will we discover new things? Especially when your crappy model does not fit."
"There is nothing wrong with exploring the data. How else will we discover new things? Especially when your crappy model does not fit."
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Excellent and provocative lecture by @ulrichschimmack.bsky.social on measurement at the 4M winterschool. "It is hard to reward people for thinking."
"There is nothing wrong with exploring the data. How else will we discover new things? Especially when your crappy model does not fit."
"There is nothing wrong with exploring the data. How else will we discover new things? Especially when your crappy model does not fit."
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Great history lesson from @lakens.bsky.social with the @psicostat.bsky.social group at the University of Padova. History is repeating itself, but we also get a little better after each crisis was the positive take away for me.
February 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great history lesson from @lakens.bsky.social with the @psicostat.bsky.social group at the University of Padova. History is repeating itself, but we also get a little better after each crisis was the positive take away for me.
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Carl Sagan tried to warn us.
Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
February 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Carl Sagan tried to warn us.
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The validation crisis in psychology?
Most measures lack proper construct validation.
Here you can read a summary of the key points (< 2 minute read).
replicationindex.com/2019/02/16/t...
Most measures lack proper construct validation.
Here you can read a summary of the key points (< 2 minute read).
replicationindex.com/2019/02/16/t...
The Validation Crisis in Psychology
Most published psychological measures are unvalid. (subtitle)*unvalid = the validity of the measure is un-known. 2022/01/01 UPDATE This blog post attracted a lot of attention when it was first pos…
replicationindex.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The validation crisis in psychology?
Most measures lack proper construct validation.
Here you can read a summary of the key points (< 2 minute read).
replicationindex.com/2019/02/16/t...
Most measures lack proper construct validation.
Here you can read a summary of the key points (< 2 minute read).
replicationindex.com/2019/02/16/t...
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Our article on the reliability of people's susceptibility of #anchoring effects is now published in Meta-Psychology: Reliability is low, personality moderators are puzzling, and we do not know whether it can be measured reliably at all: open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
January 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Our article on the reliability of people's susceptibility of #anchoring effects is now published in Meta-Psychology: Reliability is low, personality moderators are puzzling, and we do not know whether it can be measured reliably at all: open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
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Behind the first door of the 100% CI advent calendar is a new blog post! In which I hand out unsolicited writing advice -- with a focus on writing about technical topics in an accessible manner, but most of it is fairly general: www.the100.ci/2024/12/01/w...
Writing about technical topics in an accessible manner
A wise man – I’m quite sure it was Brian Wansink – once pointed out that it is impossible to both read and write a lot. So, maybe reading a post about how to write just steals time from the more urgen...
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December 1, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Behind the first door of the 100% CI advent calendar is a new blog post! In which I hand out unsolicited writing advice -- with a focus on writing about technical topics in an accessible manner, but most of it is fairly general: www.the100.ci/2024/12/01/w...