Pam Davis-Kean, PhD
@umpamdk.bsky.social
Director of the Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social Univ. of Michigan Dev/Quant. Prof. of Psychology. Longitudinal researcher studying SES, parenting, math dev, achievement, and data science. Open science supporter.
The constant over- generalization of their data to everyone’s population (not just the UK) is aggravating. Plus, the work is just a bunch of correlation studies that they treat as causal with, as you note, a huge selection bias. Why isn’t this discussed more in the UK?
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The constant over- generalization of their data to everyone’s population (not just the UK) is aggravating. Plus, the work is just a bunch of correlation studies that they treat as causal with, as you note, a huge selection bias. Why isn’t this discussed more in the UK?
Reposted by Pam Davis-Kean, PhD
there have been big questions raised about the quality and reliability of the research suggesting that small nudges (like moving an entry field or asking people to tick a box) meaningfully affect behaviour
No evidence for nudging after adjusting for publication bias | PNAS
No evidence for nudging after adjusting for publication bias
www.pnas.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
there have been big questions raised about the quality and reliability of the research suggesting that small nudges (like moving an entry field or asking people to tick a box) meaningfully affect behaviour
Reposted by Pam Davis-Kean, PhD
In short, the ANES data shows:
📉 Social media use is shrinking
💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~50 points to the right
🧩 Platforms are splintering
🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme
📉 Social media use is shrinking
💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~50 points to the right
🧩 Platforms are splintering
🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In short, the ANES data shows:
📉 Social media use is shrinking
💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~50 points to the right
🧩 Platforms are splintering
🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme
📉 Social media use is shrinking
💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~50 points to the right
🧩 Platforms are splintering
🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme
Here is the link to the paper. This was a @improvingpsych.org product open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
LnuOpen | Meta-Psychology
Copyright (c) 2021 Olmo van den Akker, Sara Weston, Lorne Campbell, Bill Chopik, Rodica Damian, Pamela Davis-Kean, Andrew Hall, Jessica Kosie, Elliott Kruse, Jerome Olsen, Stuart Ritchie, KD Valentine, Anna van 't Veer, Marjan Bakker
open.lnu.se
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Here is the link to the paper. This was a @improvingpsych.org product open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
Reposted by Pam Davis-Kean, PhD
i know your grants don't fund it (mine didn't). i know your university doesn't give you credit for it (mine didn't). but that extra work you spend at the end of a research project packaging it up and making it a reusable tool? in the "real world" (lol, it's fake here too) we notice. thank you
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
i know your grants don't fund it (mine didn't). i know your university doesn't give you credit for it (mine didn't). but that extra work you spend at the end of a research project packaging it up and making it a reusable tool? in the "real world" (lol, it's fake here too) we notice. thank you