What is privacy?
Countless definitions of privacy exist. Arguably, the most prominent one was offered by Alan Westin. It goes as follows:
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How to publish a blog post on WordPress using Rmarkdown
I like WordPress and I love Rmarkdown. So recently I’ve thought: With Rmarkdown I can easily produce HTMLs of analyses, research reports, or tutorials. My...
What is statistical power? An illustration using simulated data
In Germany we have the following saying: Everything has already been said – but not yet by everyone. For what it's worth, in what follows I take my o...
A list of publicly available open datasets
It is becoming increasingly clear that we as researchers need to analyze large-scale, publicly available open datasets. The replication crisis in psychology viv...
Protected: What is a meaningful effect size?
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How many hours do you need to spend on Facebook to reduce your happiness?
I’ve recently written a thread on Twitter that, at least by my standards, got pretty viral. In the thread I discuss the topic of effect sizes. Specificall...
Since the advent of smartphones, have we become more or less happy?
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the effects of smartphones on mental health. For example, one was able to read the following: Rates of teen depress...
5 years into academia – 45 things I’ve learned so far …
It’s been 5 years now since I started working in academia. Not that long after all – but maybe just long enough to share some of the things that I’v...
Was ist die Psychologie der Privatheit?
Vor ein paar Wochen habe ich mich bei der Körber-Stiftung für den diesjährigen Studienpreis beworben. Leider wurde die Arbeit nicht ausgezeichnet — was si...
4chan and the murder in Herne
Some weeks ago, in the German town Herne, a young person committed a horrible crime by killing an innocent child—out of pure lust and without any apparent...