Author: tobias
Meine Woche bei “Real Scientist”
Vor einem Jahr hatte ich die Freude, eine Woche lang meine Forschung bei “Real Scientist” vorzustellen. Bei Real Scientist geht es darum, die eigene...
What is privacy?
Countless definitions of privacy exist. Arguably, the most prominent one was offered by Alan Westin. It goes as follows:
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...