Reposted by Stefano CorettaLisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026❇️ I've updated Data Skills for Reproducible Research to v6.1. The Iteration & Functions chapter has been split in two and I've added some material on unit testing. It's a living textbook, so please submit issues if you find a mistake or something unclear. psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v6/... 12010
Reposted by Stefano CorettaJan Vanhove @janhove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New blog post: "Cluster analysis: A skeptic’s guide". In which I ask a few questions that social scientists wishing to identify hidden classes in their data ought to address. janhove.github.io/posts/2026-0... 416145
Reposted by Stefano CorettaJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 14/09/2026Okay before I do write my screed about cluster analysis, please send me your favorite *positive* examples that illustrate the utility of the method! 304011
Reposted by Stefano CorettaAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 05/09/2026You can use this UN-approved Equal Earth projection right now in #rstats #gis #databs 727081
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRiccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026One of the things I find most fascinating in mathematical/computational thinking is the borrowing and development of model components from other domains. I need to model how different coders annotate a corpus? It's like occupancy models in ecology, with some twists! 1/ 161
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think we could do without a lot of pedagogical tools if everyone would first learn how to be reflective/reflexive. 100
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Last year, I publicly complained multiple times (see e.g. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...) that the open access movement had been captured by publishers, and we are now worse off than before open access. Well people got mad at me for saying it. But I think things are still getting worse. 616466
Reposted by Stefano CorettaJsonGeller @jgeller1phd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Been wanting to write this paper for a while: many experimental psychologists analyzing RTs with the ex-Gaussian in brms are doing it incorrectly. I've seen this mistake across several outlets. osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 1144
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am making my group read @kokkonut.bsky.social primer on continuous time models in ecology (doi.org/10.1111/2041...). Clearest presentation of Gillespie algorithm I've seen. 2537
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"Human language is the most complex communication system found in nature." I wish we did not open papers with that statement. 030
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The more I teach Bayesian stats the more I am surprised that students/researchers naturally go to “evidence weighting” and “credibility based on CrIs including 0 or not” despite me warning against it. It is probably so engrained in our minds that you just got back to it. 120
Reposted by Stefano CorettaSimon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is possibly the most blatant case of citation farming I've seen. Quality control at Elsevier: www.chrisbrunet.com/p/third-edit...chrisbrunet.comThird Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown; Hundreds of Papers At Risk of Retraction"This is not a series of coincidences; it is a blatant, industrial-scale quid pro quo." 384
Reposted by Stefano CorettaNicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViznrennie.rbind.ioFive ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier – Nicola RennieThere are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier. 616549
Reposted by Stefano CorettaDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Selecting an effect size for power analysis is hard. Many researchers fall back on Cohen's thresholds, but they have no empirical basis and vary wildly by field. Our new paper offers a better option: field-specific effect size distributions built from meta-analytic data doi.org/10.3758/s134... 316175
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Mathematical formalisation of verbal process models is what we need in linguistics. (Note that this does not entail reductionism nor determinism nor other things associated with scientific realism, which I don’t agree with myself. I got your back, constructivist friends). 030
Reposted by Stefano CorettaDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Why are oxytocin study results so inconsistent? Methods get most of the blame, but the problem is also theoretical as existing accounts are too vague to falsify. In a new preprint, I formalise the Allostatic Theory of Oxytocin as a computational model osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵 56616
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A lot of meta-research discourse revolves around “science”. We need more discourse that focuses on research (beyond the demarcation “problem”). 110
Reposted by Stefano CorettaEvan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics. It turns out I was wrong. Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14234122
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRasmus Puggaard-Rode @rpuggaardrode.bsky.social · 22/04/2026praatpicture has a couple new features in the newly released version 1.8.0! You can now embed audio with a moving cursor to your figures (thanks Marina Cantarutti, and thanks to @sorensorensen.bsky.social for donating his voice!) 1/3 3269
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s... 12678215
Reposted by Stefano CorettaMichael Flynn @flynnpolsci.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Finally finished up a blog post on estimating Bradley–Terry models using brms. www.m-flynn.com/posts/2025-1...m-flynn.com 01610
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 16/04/2026🎉 New position paper out with @jess-hampton.bsky.social 🌱 Beyond the horizon: A more-than-human and holistic approach to language 🌱 Out now in *Language & Ecology* www.ecolinguistics-association.org/_files/ugd/a...ecolinguistics-association.org 132
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRiccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 16/04/2026I ported the notes to Quarto and now all the old links are broken 😅. Here the new link to the chapter on Bayesian models of cognition: fusaroli.github.io/AdvancedCogn... Working now on 3 chapters on models of categorization (exemplar, prototype, rule-based)fusaroli.github.io10 Bayesian Models of Cognition – Advanced Cognitive Modeling Notes 191
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Had a blast at #BAAP2026! [That also involved ripping my jeans while performing ballet at the bar (the drinks bar) for some of the conference dinner attendees who surely didn't ask for it] Jokes apart, amazing research being done and was happy to see Bayesian stuff! 150
Reposted by Stefano CorettaAndrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 12/04/2026All graphs are comparisons, and the relevance of this principle to practical advice for producing better graphs statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/12/a...statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu All graphs are comparisons, and the relevance of this principle to practical advice for producing better graphs | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 1135
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Asking for a colleague: First language English speakers survey on phonosymbolism. Please share: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comLINGUISTIC SURVEYThe present survey is addressed to native speakers of English and aims to collect data for linguistic research related to word formation. Participation is voluntary and anonymous, and the responses wi... 010
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRichard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Link to the paper, Phonetic features in the interactional management of laughter: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...jbe-platform.comPhonetic features in the interactional management of laughterAbstract This paper investigates the phonetic and social organisation of laughter in spoken conversation. Building on conversation analytic research that highlights laughter as a complex interactional... 053
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 02/04/2026www.wired.com/story/artemi...wired.comEven Artemis II Astronauts Have Microsoft Outlook ProblemsThe mission commander’s email inbox failed during the journey to the moon. Have they tried turning the computer off and back on again? 100
Reposted by Stefano CorettaJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 24/03/2026Fun fact: My boss, Stefan Schmukle, actually published a study on implicit gender self-concept (measured with the IAT) and 2D:4D ratios. And it's included in the loss-of-confidence project, because (surprise) he no longer believes in it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 0204
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If research has no applied end-goal, it still matters. (Note that “no applied end-goal” doesn’t mean “no potential application”. I believe that all research has potential for application, that’s not the point I am making). 020
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Some believe that others believe that Open Research is the ultimate *cure* to the research crises. But no: in most minds, Open Research is a *response* to the research crises, not necessarily a panacea.media.tenor.coma scarecrow from the wizard of oz stands in a fieldALT: a scarecrow from the wizard of oz stands in a field 110
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 17/03/2026A lot of (non-philosophical) discourse around science in linguistics and adjacent disciplines lacks a solid philosophical backdrop. What’s the point in trying to convince people that what you do is “science” when demarcation is a problem in itself? 2102
Reposted by Stefano CorettaKatrin Auspurg @kauspurg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Do researchers share their code upon request? Does running their orginal code on the original data produce the original results? We provide evidence in a new Royal Society Open Science publication. Studying more than 1,000 articles which use data from the European Social Survey, we find that... 🧵 210848
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Researchers in QUALITATIVE METHODS, can you please share examples of how you share data/annotations/transcripts and so on? Also how you organise your files and so on. Thank you!media.tenor.coma microphone with the number 3 on itALT: a microphone with the number 3 on it 020
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Psychologists, please abandon box plots. They are bad (why? where do I begin...).media.tenor.comhomer simpson is holding a sign that says a on itALT: homer simpson is holding a sign that says a on it 020
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 28/02/2026🎉 NEW PAPER with @gsakr.bsky.social "Multivariate Analyses of Tongue Contours from Ultrasound Tongue Imaging" 👅📡🩻📉 doi.org/10.1177/0023... 1113
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🎉 - NEW MANUSCRIPT with @jess-hampton.bsky.social Beyond the horizon: a more-than-human and holistic approach to language lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009...lingbuzz.netBeyond the horizon: a more-than-human and holistic approach to language - lingbuzz/009790This position paper proposes a more-than-human and holistic approach to language that moves beyond entrenched divides between structuralism, constructivism, positivism, and methodological camps. Writi... 131
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 23/02/2026And the time comes when your tinsy work laptop has no more storage.media.tenor.coma cartoon minion with a red light on his head and the words `` memory alert '' below it .ALT: a cartoon minion with a red light on his head and the words `` memory alert '' below it . 010
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 14/01/2026So Old Chinese *ɲ becomes Middle Chinese *ɻ (still /ɻ/ today in Mandarin). Does anybody know of a parallel change in other (non-Sino-Tibetan) languages? 030
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 16/12/2025My wish for 2026 is that I want to go back to my home planet. Take me back!!! Thank youuuuuu 020
Reposted by Stefano CorettaPeer Community in Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social · 15/12/2025We're delighted to welcome TWO new diamond-OA PCI RR-friendly journals Registered Reports in Linguistics, ed. by @scoretta.bsky.social ky.social & @jess-hampton.bsky.social + Replication Research @r2journal.bsky.social ed. by @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & team rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr... 01510
Reposted by Stefano CorettaIPBES @ipbes.net · 16/12/2025In 2019, IPBES #GlobalAssessment est. 1 million species of plants & animals are threatened with extinction.🥀 The figure is probably even higher, but what's important is the urgent need for #biodiversity preservation! www.ipbes.net/global-assessment 03921
Reposted by Stefano CorettaChristian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · 10/12/2025In this writing and reviewing season, I would like to kindly remind linguists to not hide your data or your observations behind what you think is "the main theoretical point of the paper." Cursory data and description are the linguistic impostor syndrome in writing. 1/2 1121
Reposted by Stefano CorettaFlorian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · 10/12/2025link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comAll I want for Christmas…is a precisely defined research question - TrialsTrials - 0164
Reposted by Stefano CorettaRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s... 12660233
Stefano Coretta @scoretta.bsky.social · 04/12/2025🎉 "Normalising formant values for plotting and modelling" New blog post: stefanocoretta.github.io/posts/2025-1... 0133
Reposted by Stefano CorettaMichael "Shapes Dude" Betancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social · 03/12/2025So much statistics discourse orbits around Bayes verses frequentist debates, but in practice Bayes verses frequentist is often a false dichotomy. Just as important as the inferential strategy is the underlying model, and how that model is specified. 🧵 14911
Reposted by Stefano CorettaPeer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!youtu.bePCI Webinar series #13 - Simine Vazire - Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis 14830
Reposted by Stefano CorettaMartin Haspelmath @haspelmath.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Over the last 5 years, I proposed more and more retro-definitions of traditional terms. But why am I doing this? Are these definitions driven by their "usefulness"? This new blogpost gives an answer. dlc.hypotheses.org/3975dlc.hypotheses.orgHow useful are retro-definitions for (typological) linguistics? (Maybe not very.)Like all sciences, linguistics needs technical terms, and we generally treat the grammatical terms that we inherited from our ancestors (such as syllable, affix, compound, dative, imperative, subordin... 062