Peter Mohr

get a grip on big and little research problems We very often start out on a research project with a BIG question. Or a big problem or puzzle. Why do people think that there is no climate crisis? Why are universities not funded properly? How can…

Connecting big and little research problems patthomson.net/2025/05/07/g...

The Power of Presence: Well-being and Biopsychosocial Effects of Virtual versus In-Person Religious Services.: https://osf.io/dsqx5

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history

It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women

Unreal

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Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter

We are starting off with our workshop on Qualitative Open Science by Sarahanne Field for the Paul Meehl Graduate School for Metascience. Looking forward to learning about the state of the art in qualitative research by one of the leading experts on this topic!

Network renormalization - Nature Reviews Physics The renormalization group (RG) is a theoretical framework to transform systems across scales and identify critical points of phase transitions. In recent years, efforts have extended RG to complex net...

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems?
New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Uncovering the structure of psychopathology through large scale text analysis

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Weil Eier knapp werden: Trump droht mit Einmarsch auf Osterinsel Washington (dpo) - Durch Inflation und Knappheit aufgrund der Vogelgrippe sind die Eierpreise in den USA derzeit auf Höchststand. Nun hat Donald Trump

www.der-postillon.com/2025/03/eier...

#statstab #272 Different meanings of p-values

Thoughts: A riveting (& confusing) discussion on the definitions & properties of p-values. W/ guest appearance from some big names in stats, from all camps

#NHST #pvalues #divergence #bayes #compatibility

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/04/14/4...

Ambulatory Assessment in Mental Health Research: Expert Consensus on Current Practices and Future Directions: http://osf.io/mhb5g_v1/

Inauguration Day: Wer jetzt mit Schaum vor dem Mund reagiert, tappt in die Falle Der Gelehrte Richard Sennett schaute in seiner Wohnung Trumps Amtseinführung. Das sei alles sehr "hitlerisch", sagt er. Deutschland sieht er bedroht – hat aber einen Rat.

Der Gelehrte Richard Sennett schaute in seiner Wohnung Trumps Amtseinführung. Das sei alles sehr "hitlerisch", sagt er. Deutschland sieht er bedroht – hat aber einen Rat.

New Preprint! "Reproducibility and replicability of qualitative research: An integrative review of concepts, barriers and enablers" - osf.io/preprints/me...

A nice ouput from our TIER2 project, led by Nicki Lisa Cole :)

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Seeing social interactions Seeing the interactions between other people is a critical part of our everyday visual experience, but recognizing the social interactions of others is often considered outside the scope of vision and...

"While there is clearly a mentalistic aspect to understanding others’ social interactions, here we argue that recognizing core components of social interactions is visual in nature." 👀

Seeing social interactions
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

#neuroskyence #visionscience

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Evaluating Large Language Models in Psychological Research: A Guide for Reviewers: http://osf.io/ag7hy/

Capturing Causal Claims: A Fine-Tuned Text Mining Model for Extracting Causal Sentences from Social Science Papers: http://osf.io/kwtpm/

That's amazing, def among the longest time series in the lit. The longest open data I know is this n=1 time series with ~1500 measurements over ~300 days.

(In WARN-D, we have n~1700 with 360 timepoints, but median ≥30% missing)

openpsychologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

Gelbe Grafikkachel für den Thread: Good news - Wo die extreme Rechte an Boden verliert. Im Thread werden 3 Erfolge genannt. Illustriert ist das ganze mit einem Fernseher.

Good News! Endlich bewegt sich etwas: Seit der @correctiv.org Recherche sind hunderttausende gegen #AfD & #Rechtsruck auf die Straße gegangen. Das zeigt uns: der Kampf gegen rechts lohnt sich.

Deshalb wollen wir einen Blick auf 3 Erfolge gegen die extreme Rechte werfen.

Home ERROR is a bug bounty program for science to systematically detect and report errors in academic publications

“ERROR: A Bug Bounty Program for Science” was released this month, as reported by Retraction Watch. It intends to pay investigators for “discovering errors in the scientific literature.” The project is funded “by the Humans in Digital Transformation program of the University of Bern.” error.reviews

Meta Partners with the Center for Open Science to Share Data to Study Well-being Topics Using innovative methods from the open science movement to promote rigor and transparency of research, Meta and the Center for Open Science will pilot a new approach to industry-academia partnerships ...

We’re excited to announce that COS is collaborating on a pilot program with Meta. Using innovative methods from the open science movement to promote rigor and transparency, Meta and COS will pilot a new approach to industry-academia partnerships for accessing social media data. bit.ly/48OzLnu

New preprint w/ the WARN-D team (incl. @eikofried.bsky.social @rayyantutunji.bsky.social, @aljoscharimpler.bsky.social & others): We explain our exploration of EMA items in data of ~600 individuals. We investigate distributions/changes over time/context/interindividual differences & more

Text Classification of German Mental Healthcare Data: A Hands-on Tutorial on Natural Language Processing Techniques.: http://osf.io/5xch6/

Did you know of this meta-analytic site by Prof Cuijpers et al. featuring 100s of RCTs?
In the below video I'll show researchers (part I) & clients (part II) how to run a meta-analysis looking into the effect of CBT on depression in older adults within 2 minutes.

🖥️ eiko-fried.com/wp-content/u...

Exploring effective survey design: What strategies do you recommend for minimizing 12-month recall bias? Looking forward to insightful discussions and shared experiences! #SurveyDesign #ResearchMethods #DataAccuracy #Psychology #Research

I have made some additions to my preprint "When and How to Deviate from a Preregistration" osf.io/preprints/ps... and submitted it to Collabra: Psychology. If you are reporting a preregistered study, and you find yourself in need to report a deviation, I hope it offers some guidance.

Die Regierung könne Einsamkeit nicht abschaffen, aber dafür sensibilisieren, sagt die Bundesfamilienministerin. Das Kabinett beschloss dazu mehr als 100 Maßnahmen. https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2023-12/bundesregierung-einsamkeit-strategie-lisa-paus

A narrative review to identify promising approaches for digital health interventions to support emotion regulation for adolescents with ADHD: http://osf.io/84jfz/

This is an excellent paper on the effect size. As the authors suggested, standard Cohen's defaults may not be suitable for all types of research and samples. For example, they suggested 0.27, 0.53, and 0.86 for psychotherapy treatment for depressive disorders. #ClinPsych | #PsychSci | #Stats