Answering Big Questions with Small Samples
Another Friday, another episode of the Deep-Thinking-project. Last weekend I was interviewed by a Dutch Newspaper (Financieel Dagblad) about my work as a statistical consultant and how I deal with limited data sets as opposed to Big Data. My answer...
Livingroom of Science
Science is a dynamic process with continuously developing, often implicit rules and attitudes. Proclamations such as “this is how we always do it”, “get used to it", or "this is what it takes to grow in academia” occur more frequently...
Sign up for the 8th Mplus User Meeting
Do you use daily diaries, ecological momentary assessments (EMA), experience sampling methodology (ESM), or other ambulatory assessments in your research? Are you curious about what these data can tell you about the dynamics of processes? DSEM consists of cutting-edge techniques including...
Deep-thinking project postponed
Another Friday, the sun is shining, it’s a perfect day for Deep-Thinking. My previous experiment did not really work out well: hanging on one hand appeared not to be the best thinking position. Today I face another problem: Before I...
Application and Evaluation of an Expert Judgment Elicitation Procedure for Correlations
The purpose of the current study was to apply and evaluate a procedure to elicit expert judgments about correlations, and to update this information with empirical data. The result is a face-to-face group elicitation procedure with as its central element...
Introducing the Fling – An Innovative Serious Game to Train Behavioral Control in Adolescents: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Behavioral control weaknesses are a strong predictor of problematic behaviors in adolescents, such as heavy alcohol use. Heavy alcohol use at this young age can lead to health and school-related problems and is a severe societal problem.
Het promotiestelsel verdient beter
De mening van de Jonge Akademie liegt er niet om: De Jonge Akademie ziet de groeiende rechtsongelijkheid onder promovendi als een serieuze bedreiging van het bestel. “Bursalen bouwen geen pensioen op en maken in beginsel geen aanspraak op secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden...
Results VNOP, ISED & CAS Research Days
During the VNOP, ISED & CAS Research Days I gave a presentation about responsible research practices. The results of the interactive discussion can be found below. I asked the audience “To what extent is publication pressure present in your research field?” Apparently, most...
A Bildung-psychological investigation into student motives: McKinsey- or von Humboldt-oriented?
This study examined differential student motives among students from a social sciences bachelor’s degree, and whether this difference related to participating in educational programmes for broader intellectual formation (Bildung). Survey research was conducted among 432 Dutch students (79.5% female), ranging...
Results National PhD Day
During the National PhD-day I gave a presentation about responsible research practices. The results of the interactive discussion can be found below. I asked the audience (n=90) the following question: We also watched a video (specially developed for this meeting by Bruno van Wayenburg)...
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy v. stabilisation as usual for refugees: randomised controlled trial
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a first-line treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some clinicians argue that with refugees, directly targeting traumatic memories through EMDR may be harmful or ineffective.
Just Accepted: The GRoLTS-checklist; Guidelines for Reporting on Latent Trajectory Studies
Abstract Estimating models within the mixture model framework, like Latent Growth Mixture Modeling (LGMM) or Latent Class Growth Analysis (LCGA), involves making various decisions throughout the estimation process. This has led to a high variety of how results of latent...