moin syed
@syeducation.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota. Sporadically writing stuff at http://getsyeducated.substack.com
I made a whole doctoral-level assignment about the problems of reporting in meta-analysis (among other problems), called a "reverse meta-analysis." 14/14 students found some kind of errors, some of them major! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PSY 8121 Fall 2024 Reverse Meta-Analysis Project
PSY 8121: History and Methods of Psychology - Fall 2024 Reverse Meta-Analysis Project You will not conduct a meta-analysis in this class. You will take one apart, deconstruct it, reverse it. Meta-an...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I made a whole doctoral-level assignment about the problems of reporting in meta-analysis (among other problems), called a "reverse meta-analysis." 14/14 students found some kind of errors, some of them major! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'm sure you know it, but I'm obliged to post the Jim O'Rourke version, which is fantastic (and from an all-time album): www.youtube.com/watch?v=folE...
Women of the World: Take Over (Jim O'Rourke)
YouTube video by Shira Tamir
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November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I'm sure you know it, but I'm obliged to post the Jim O'Rourke version, which is fantastic (and from an all-time album): www.youtube.com/watch?v=folE...
[RTing only for the "Moin is onto something" bit, of course]
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
[RTing only for the "Moin is onto something" bit, of course]
Reposted by moin syed
I thought about this point a bit more and I think Moin is onto something 😅 take randomized experiments, which are a huge hassle — yet social psych has determined that “this is what science looks like”, and so they be randomizing (for better or worse), no matter what.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I thought about this point a bit more and I think Moin is onto something 😅 take randomized experiments, which are a huge hassle — yet social psych has determined that “this is what science looks like”, and so they be randomizing (for better or worse), no matter what.
I don't know, that four-way interaction you tested may just be underpowered.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I don't know, that four-way interaction you tested may just be underpowered.
It still comes down to the matter of wanting to do it. We will do hard work when it aligns with our values and priorities, and then throw up our hands and say "too hard!" when it doesn't. This, from my "Slow Progress towards Diversification in Psychological Research" paper osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It still comes down to the matter of wanting to do it. We will do hard work when it aligns with our values and priorities, and then throw up our hands and say "too hard!" when it doesn't. This, from my "Slow Progress towards Diversification in Psychological Research" paper osf.io/preprints/ps...
they can't be stopped
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
they can't be stopped
Surely you are well aware that the authors are not the ones getting paid for journal publications. Also, worth pointing out that APA is a non-profit organization (although it may not always act like one).
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Surely you are well aware that the authors are not the ones getting paid for journal publications. Also, worth pointing out that APA is a non-profit organization (although it may not always act like one).
This article is useful for a variety or reasons, and includes a section on attention checks doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Data quality in online human-subjects research: Comparisons between MTurk, Prolific, CloudResearch, Qualtrics, and SONA
With the proliferation of online data collection in human-subjects research, concerns have been raised over the presence of inattentive survey participants and non-human respondents (bots). We compare...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This article is useful for a variety or reasons, and includes a section on attention checks doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Reposted by moin syed
What's the take home message?
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's the take home message?
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
If you're submitting AI slop you're a loser. You're just making these great free services harder to run, and making it more difficult to separate signal (science) from noise (your crappy AI shit.)
Thanks, happy to hear you found it useful!
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thanks, happy to hear you found it useful!
Fons van de Vijver published extensively on this topic. Browse his scholar page for something of interest: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
scholar.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Fons van de Vijver published extensively on this topic. Browse his scholar page for something of interest: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
every day is halloween, it seems
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
every day is halloween, it seems
For years I have been submitting this proposal for special issues and it just keeps getting rejected. One day!
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For years I have been submitting this proposal for special issues and it just keeps getting rejected. One day!
June has been brutal the last two years, largely because of smoke I think:
2025: 733.0 kWh
2024: 765.3 kWh
2023: 924.9 kWh
2025: 733.0 kWh
2024: 765.3 kWh
2023: 924.9 kWh
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
June has been brutal the last two years, largely because of smoke I think:
2025: 733.0 kWh
2024: 765.3 kWh
2023: 924.9 kWh
2025: 733.0 kWh
2024: 765.3 kWh
2023: 924.9 kWh
In St. Paul, panels are not obstructed at all, 3rd year of production, and seeing similar declines.
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In St. Paul, panels are not obstructed at all, 3rd year of production, and seeing similar declines.
This paper from Moshontz and co. may be helpful doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This paper from Moshontz and co. may be helpful doi.org/10.1111/spc3...