Finally, Colin and I explain why this paper was itself not preregistered (although data and code are available) and what are the implications of that. 5/5
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Finally, Colin and I explain why this paper was itself not preregistered (although data and code are available) and what are the implications of that. 5/5
I find it embarrassing for the PD field. Our next door neighbor is putting us to shame. We can (and must do better). Make your work transparent. Expect it of others. If authors won’t share ingredients (data/code/prereg), don’t eat there—don’t read it, don’t cite it. Secrets aren’t science. 4/5
There is also bad news. If you are a Registered Reports (RR) or a PD journal. RRs are still almost non-existent. PD journals are failing at showing their work, although PDTRT is doing better than JPD. Across 299 coded articles, rates for code, data, and preregistration are 13%, 13%, and 9.7%. 3/5
There is some great news in this paper. If you are a personality journal. Across 553 coded articles, the rates for code, data, and preregistration are 65%, 59%, and 25%. @europeanjournal of personality is killing it. Almost 100% of articles published there share code. 2/5
Just accepted from @vizecolin.bsky.social and myself. We coded Open Science practices (preregistration, RRs, open data, and open code) from 2021 to 2024 in two personality disorder journals (JPD, PDTRT) and three personality journals *JOP JRP, and EJP). osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/5
Pre-listening for an upcoming show. I’m reminded why this album lived on my turntable for so many weeks (a lot of weeks). Woodland is a perfect album.
"These individuals are unbothered; immune to the turbulence of fact." I love the horror-comedy genre.
I know you've missed your Patterson content. Here it is. Patterson is super affectionate in a subtle way. He doesn't lick, jump, heartily tail wag. He just wants physical contact. He wants to sit next to me, across mynlap, or on top of me. Sometimes annoying, often welcomed.
Vinyl (vinyl, cover, insert) is also very nice.
Picked this up recently. It’s not as strong front to back as Planting by the Signs, but I like it more with every listen. Lower-fi, punker than Signs. The hypno/trance feel is there at times. And in a couple of spots (If You Were Someone I Loved), she even sounds like Grace Slick. All good things.
i don't know what you are talking about.
Mostly figured out.
Your dimension works too. We definitely differ in our fondness for unnecessary constructs.
Just please not dark.
You can make up a new name for it if you like. So many others have.
I am not so sure.
I think an even bigger challenge (judging by how fee do it) for some is being honest about one's work with colleagues.
I might get into trouble for this, but I've been in trouble before. If, after listening to this album, you do not want to go away with Norah Jones, there is something broken in you.
Last post on Norah Jones (probably not). This album has became a touchstone for me. Or home key. Blossom Dearie served before. It's where I go after an episode of musical obsession (chased an album for a week(s)). I know it I will love it. No matter where I have just been. It is perfect. #vinyl
Bit of both. Laugh at the ridiculousness, cry for the poor saps who support it.
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That is still a thing. I took my daughters several times. I think the quality of the experience depends highly on the rains.
Well done.
That looks awesome.
Patterson finally registered sounds from the TV (doorbell, barking). He found them disquieting.
Someone mentioned Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. So. Here I am. Again. (It was me. I mentioned it.)
Here is something I have never before said. In the study, cool chillin' with Patterson.
I warned you. The entire album (all 3 LPs) is great. But the hallelujah version of Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven is a stone cold killer
Patterson is "hypoallergenic". But what he drags in from outside is not. He’s a f***ing dust mop. Today he wandered past the air purifier in my room. The sensor flipped from a calm blue to an angry red, and the machine roared into overdrive. He is Pigpen. If Pigpen were a Portuguese Water Dog.
Music is not the only thing I can "listen" to obsessively. I am, thus far, resisting the temptation to share my favorite Rick and Morty episodes.
But if I can't take my hounds to Heaven If I can't hunt on God's land I'd rather load my dog box up And go to Hell with all my friends
This album may spend a while on my turntable. I think it is brilliant. Lovely vinyl and packaging too.
SG Goodman's Planting by the Signs Ian Noe's Between the Country Patterson Hood's Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams Woodland by Welch & Rawlings Margo Cilker's Pohorylle. Give them a spin.
I am a bit of an obsessive listener when it comes to music. I can listen to the same album for a week at a time. And do it again a week later. Here are 5 albums I have obsessed over during the last months or so. #vinylrecords
Bookmarks!!!
I need a reality check: Everyone knows that searching your data for evidence in support of your hypothesis is not the same thing as doing science, right? I feel like I live and work in Crazytown sometimes.
Planting by the Signs (SG Goodman) vinyl finally arrived. It is very, very good--and I am not just talking about the music. I like nice packaging.
Just an advanced amateur on Irish Whiskey. But this is good. On par with Redbreast 12, but less expensive.
Enjoying the lovely weather with Patterson Hound. We have have decided that we are both Fall people.
Philip Roth is my nap guru. IYKYK.
I posted this a week or two ago. Because my vinyl version has not arrived, I am listening to it on Spotify at home through crappy speakers. I don't ever do this. But SG Goodman's Planting by the Signs is that good. Whole album. But Snapping Turtle and Heaven Song.... wow.
Maybe if they administered via a spider? Just spitballing here.
Happy Cargo Cult Science Day Eve. people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/ca... One of my favorite days in my graduate methods class. So many nuggets: "In summary, the idea is to give all of the information to help others judge the value of your contribution..." We still don't get it, 50 years later.
A dog and his human-sized yak cheese stick holder.
Please share far and wide! The Psychology Department at the University of Arizona is recruiting a new Director for our Behavioral Health Clinic. The Clinic Director is a core member of our clinical faculty who helps lead clinical training in our program.
He is on my list.
Asked a friend for a recc tonight. Got a good one. Jeffrey Foucault's Salt as Wolves. Literary folk-blues. In the Piedmont style. (Yes. I recently learned the name of that particular style. And I am making it mine.) Nice vinyl too.
All of this coding has reinforced this idea: if your work can withstand scrutiny, you should be bending over backwards to be as transparent as you possibly can. TFCTMTT
I have already confessed my love for Hank Mobley and his Soul Station album. Here is another great one--Roll Call. More muscular, harder driving than Soul Station. The band on this one is aces (Hubbard, Kelly, Chambers, and Blakey). Some fine hard bop here (if that's your cup of tea).
I hope you enjoy it.
The King of Sticks sitting on his throne.
Are you already a fan?
With classes starting, my summer has ended. But what a summer. I took a bunch of small trips--to see my favorite people and/or bands. I got to see almost all of my people--kids, relatives, friends. I saw some great live music. Got a lot of Patterson time. See you next year.
Rayland Baxter's Wide Awake. Lyrically interesting. Layered sound. Americana with an indie pop sensibility. I hear echoes of John Lennon. Whole album is great, but 79 Shiny Revolvers--wow. The vinyl edition is top-notch (and so pretty).
Selective memory is a very kind way of putting it.
Open Science Coding day 935: I have seen several papers that say something like "the present study was not preregistered but the hypotheses are present in the literature/past work/obvious/etc." The issue is not whether the hypotheses are reasonable, but rather, when they became the hypotheses.
Bobby Hutcherson's Oblique. Great album. Outstanding vibes. Great band (Hancock, Stinson, Chambers). But I do not love the Tone Poet series from Blue Note. Selections are great. Vinyl is top-notch. I hate the packaging. Gatefold. Thick cardboard. Plastic sleeve. Hard to manipulate.
Nothing makes me feel worse about my field than reading in it. Coding open science practices across years in certain journals. Not pretty. Lots of harumphing, damn head smacking, and mutterings of "that will never replicate." I hope your days are better.
Patterson thinks it important to observe National Dog Day (as if every f#$%ing day isn't dog day).
What an interesting way to say the study was not preregistered: "The study was not preregistered in an independent, institutional registry."
One of my classes meets for the first time tomorrow. I am listening to Norah Jones' Come Away With Me tonight. Coincidence? I think not.
There are three reasons that I am happy with my dog decision (but I reserve the right to change my mind): 1. J 2. O 3 Y
Heading back from my 40th High School reunion (Baton Rouge HS). I only knew these folks for 3 years (freshman year elsewhere and previous years in NY) and an occasional summer. I was a little surprised by how happy I was to see some of them again. Good trip.
Tickets are about to go on sale for Andrew Bird's Gezelligheid--five night stand at the Fourth Presbetyrian Church (Chicago). An absolutely amazing concert experience. Venue is unique. A bit surreal. Strangely intimate. Bird is always great. Openers are always musicians' musicians. You should go.
I will give them a listen. Thanks.
That is the essence of a fair bit of Americana.
Fair. Definitely sad-rural-girl vibes.
I know I just posted about Keith Jarrett. But this is one of the best Americana albums of the year: Patterson Hood's Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams. As expected, lyrics are great. Sound is atmospheric (not DBT or previous solo Hood). Great line-up and guests. You should give it a listen.
I finally picked this one up: Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert. Man, I should have picked this up a long time ago. Over an hour of improvisational jazz piano. Masterful.
I've been struggling to regain my reading groove. Plainsong worked: stripped-down prose, character snapshots, quietly warm and poignant. Reminds me of Gilead and A River Runs Through It.
Actually, trance Americana is a better term. #tranceAmericana (are hashtags a thing here?)
You should collect license plate numbers. Car descriptions. Descriptions of the drivers. Etc... So we can find them.
Pop back up sometime and let me know what you think. Please.
Giving SG Goodman's Planting by the Signs a listen to decide if I want to buy it. It's not my main Americana sub-genre, but hypno-Americana can be very compelling. Kevin Morby, War on Drugs, Hiss Golden Messenger, etc. I like it. You might too.
Art Blakey Big Band and gin (terroir) soda. A one-off. Messenger-like in having a set of soon to be great players (Trane, Donald Byrd, Wynton Kelly) and Blakey at the drums. But they were just musicians. In a big band--no soaring solos. But if you like the big band sound, you'll like the album.
It was definitely warm. Did you enjoy the show?
The end of my curent string of excellent shows (for a bit at least). Great band-- @watchhouseband.bsky.social (nee Mandolin Orange). Excellent venue --the State Theater (Portland, ME). Mediocre crowd--so much chatting. See them if you get a chance.
It's official. After many spins, this @jamesmcmurtry.bsky.social album gets to join my favorite McMurtry albums group along with Too Long in the Wasteland, Childish Things, and The Horses and the Hounds. Pick at least one up. You're welcome.
Newest milestone? Patterson is now big enough to drink out of the toilets. That's my boy so proud.
I did. Especially the closing number. Were you there?
The King of Sticks at 6 months.
Deep diving the newest from @jamesmcmurtry.bsky.social The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy. It is really, really good. A true wordsmith. Builds great characters. Tells bold truths. Writes about getting old. I'll put him up against Prine, Clark, Van Zant, Earle.... Give a listen. Catch him live.
This also happened yesterday. Congratulation to Drs. Napolitano (@skyenapolitano.bsky.social), Neo, Van Til (@kaelavantil.bsky.social), and Dashineau. A great group of Purdue University (@purduepsych.bsky.social, @purduehhs.bsky.social) clinical psychology students.
@drivebytruckers.bsky.social closed with Neil Young's Rocking in the Free World. With Thelma and the Sleaze, Deer Tick, a handful of roadies, and five guitars. An angry, punk scream along. What an ending.
Last stop on the tour--the Vogue. Great night of rock and roll. Thelma and.the Sleaze (queer, southern, punk rock). Deer Tick (Neil Young has a baby with the Replacements). Finally, @drivebytruckers.bsky.social (Southern Rock, Americana, guitar driven, punk sensibility). So fun.
I have never really understood why they need to be separable besides an argument that they were once separated in the DSM. I dont know why we give much credence to early DSM versions anyway. They were predominantly psychoanalytic and uninformed by data.
Thanks!
Thanks. I know that one.
A plea for help--no dogs or albums this time. I am looking for recent articles that report on the uptake of Open Science Practices in clinical psychology. Any help would be appreciated.
This advice has held me in good stead over the years.
I am impressed with your forethought and planfulness about it.
Blind
Close enough for a bling buy.
Er.... Japanese.
Thanks. Males sense it is from Tokyo Tiger. I am an idiot.
You may already be there, obviating the need for the tee.
New tee. I hope the Chinese is consistent with the English.
Oh you sweet summer child.
i loved his writing. Thanks for the memory.
Patterson has really upped his chill game.
