Brent W. Roberts
Personality Psychologist, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Author of the Pigee blog (https://t.co/X2G93lcJGz); I use twitter to curate not condone
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Lockdown Resolutions
New Year resolutions are now a distant memory for many. The promise of 2020, evoking clear visions of our better future-selves, has been disrupted by the explosion of a global pandemic. Our lives have been flipped upside down, as we have retreated...
Science is not a signal detection problem
The perceived replication crisis and the reforms designed to address it are grounded in the notion that science is a binary signal detection problem. However, contrary to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) logic, the magnitude of the...
Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest
A database of daily fever readings shows that the numbers declined as people disappeared indoors.
Introducing the Behavioral Science Response to COVID-19 Working Group
Human behavior plays a large role in the spread of coronavirus. Behavioral scientists are therefore a unique resource for changing human behavior in ways that can reduce the spread, including socia…
Effect Sizes and Power for Interactions in ANOVA Designs
Based on our recent preprint explaining power analysis for ANOVA designs, in this post I want provide a step-by-step mathematical overvie...
A Discussion of Modern Versus Traditional Psychometrics As Applied to Personality Assessment Scales
(2003). A Discussion of Modern Versus Traditional Psychometrics As Applied to Personality Assessment Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment: Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 93-103.
Face Masks: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
There’s been recent controversy about the use of face masks for protection against coronavirus. Mainstream sources, including the CDC and most of the media say masks are likely useless and no…
Crisis research, fast and slow
TL;DR: Anne wrote a blog post for the first time in over 2 years. The situation must be quite serious indeed.Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
Emergency kitten, looking for ways to make herself useful
It’s a tough time for junior researchers....
Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu by Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck, Emil Verner :: SSRN
What are the economic consequences of an influenza pandemic? And given the pandemic, what are the economic costs and benefits of non-pharmaceutical intervention
The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak expanded rapidly throughout China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions have been undertaken to mitigate the epidemic and prevent the persistence of the virus in human populations in China and worldwide....
Association of Mental Disorder With Subsequent Educational Achievement
This cohort study examines whether a mental disorder diagnosis, the type of disorder, and other variables play a role in the decision to take the ninth-grade final examination and in the examination outcome among young people in Denmark.
How the Pandemic Will End
The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
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Brent W. Roberts
@edyong209 is fucking brilliant. The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. @edyong209 explains how it will play out
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COVID Symptom Tracker
COVID Symptom tracker lets anyone healthy or with symptoms share valuable information with researchers and the NHS. Just take 1-minute to self-report daily, even if you are well, to help identify (a) How fast the virus is spreading in your area (b)...
Survey: Many still find it hard to stay home during pandemic, worry about mental health during isolation
Most people are motivated to physically separate themselves from others to help stop the spread of coronavirus, a UW survey shows, but obligations to work and family and mental health concerns make staying apart a challenge.
When Science Needs Self-Correcting
Admitting scientific errors is hard. It’s also important.
When We're Wrong, It's Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So
We tried to reproduce our 2012 paper on how to make people report their income more honestly—and we ended up refuting it