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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Why is Canvas undergoing scheduled maintenance in the middle of finals?

Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'm starting to reach the point where every time I do something in Excel I start to wonder why I'm not doing it in R so I must be making progress in my R skills.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

For the third weekend in a row, I'm looking at lists of recent articles trying to determine what counts as "about inclusion" enough to propose it to my journal club and it just struck me how different that is from the US govt take that "it has a woman so it's about DEI!"

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Copilot just spent the past half hour gaslighting me about my code and I left myself fall for the trap of making a "see, this is what I was talking about" post that didn't include a question. Waste of power but it's hard not to anthropomorphize after hours of work.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

After stressing for weeks about a problem that seemed to suggest I had screwed up somewhere big months ago, it turns out the solution was: simplifying my model for a class paper made the model much worse than the original model. For once, I should have stayed complex and didn't!

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I'm terrible at posting on here, but yesterday I presented my first SPSP data blitz at the LGBTQI preconference! If you missed it, come to my poster session during Saturday's reception!

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If you're at #SPSP2026, come check out what folks in my lab are up to!

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I didn't plan for this to happen during the conference, but I've officially finished the Data Analyst track! I officially know more about R than somebody who was taught R in their intro to stats class. www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Data Analyst .

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I’ve just completed the Statistics Fundamentals Skill Track on DataCamp! 🚀 I also hit my 50-day streak after breaking my streak during a rough point in the semester! www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Statistics Fundamentals.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I’ve just completed the Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan in R Course on DataCamp! 🚀 This one didn't add much on top of my coursework but it was important to confirm that I wasn't missing anything www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan in R.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I’ve just completed the Intermediate Regression in R Course on DataCamp! 🚀 It was quick, interactive, and fun! Discover which of the 500+ data and AI courses can help you build a stronger career. www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Intermediate Regression in R.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Please repost: We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I have been trying for several days to get the Mac in my lab to run R code that works fine on my laptop. Does Mac have a vendetta against OpenMx?

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Zachary Fisher @fishingwithzack.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We’re hiring in Quantitative Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the program and please share widely! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Assistant Professor

Primary responsibilities of the position will include conducting high quality research, publishing in peer reviewed journals and broader dissemination, seeking external funding for research, teaching ...

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It would be nice if Google Alerts stopped trying to convince me that my advisor publishes a new article every day, seven days a week.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

*A lot* of universities have record enrollments this fall, which doesn’t fit claims by some conservatives that families are turning away from higher ed, nor the national media’s narrative about higher ed.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The people who get mad about this kind of honesty are largely not people who will be persuaded by the evidence that the person was horrible. Half the hate mail I've gotten has informed me that I have no evidence Kirk was a bigot, and I laid out evidence *in the column they're complaining about.*

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Kristina Olson @olsonista.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Princeton is running its Presidential Postdoctoral Program again this year. If you are interested in applying to work with me, please reach out by October 10 so that I can consider all interested applicants and support a candidate for my lab this year. dof.princeton.edu/faculty-deve...

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I’ve just completed the Joining Data with dplyr Course on DataCamp! 🚀 Inner = exclusive, Left/Right = semi-exclusive, Full = inclusive, and Semi/Anti are fancy names for filters. www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Joining Data with dplyr.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I’ve just completed the Reshaping Data with tidyr Course on DataCamp! 🚀 This will make switching between independent groups and repeated measures analyses much simpler. www.datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Reshaping Data with tidyr.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I’ve just completed the Intermediate Importing Data in R Course on DataCamp! Data management has been my biggest hurdle to becoming primary R, so I've been excited to take these courses even though they're not in the statistician track. www.datacamp.com/completed/st... @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Intermediate Importing Data in R.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I’ve just completed the Intermediate R Course on DataCamp! This is the deepest I've gotten into Base R without shifting focus to a specific package. I'm happy to say that I've already found things that will improve my practice. datacamp.com/completed/st... #DataCamp via @datacamp.bsky.social

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Bill Silvia's Statement of Accomplishment | DataCamp

Bill Silvia earned a Statement of Accomplishment on DataCamp for completing Intermediate R.

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Are you interested in topics related to conflict and intergroup relations *broadly construed*? Come join us as a postdoc in the Dispute Research Research Center! This position is up to 3 years, comes with your own research funding, and a phenomenal network of past DRRC postdocs.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Question for the international and multilingual communities. Do you speak a language in which "Is this individual feminine (masculine)?" and "Is this individual a woman (man)?" would be considered the same question? If so, what language?

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Maintaining a strict food budget is difficult when I live in a world where there are days when it's too hot to cook or wash dishes.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Was looking into what Cognitive Scientists mean by ‘domain-general’ cognition, and then hit upon this. This is definitely NOT how we use that term. Tip: read the last sentence to understand what went wrong here. Sigh.

Domain-General Cognitive Ability
In subject area: Psychology
Domain-general cognitive abilities refer to cognitive skills that are not unique to humans but are present across various primate species and potentially other mammals and birds, indicating a general factor underlying cognitive performance that correlates with brain size and is associated with selective attention and working memory capacity.
AI generated definition based on: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2012

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I'm currently mentoring a high school student who is conducting and analyzing interviews for her project. Is anybody who does this regularly free to answer a few questions? Preferably this morning, but if not then by next week. #sociology #psychology #feministmethods

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Most reporting is just not up to the task of registering both that 1) the White House is *attacking* universities *as institutions* 2) the White House is working *with* universities’ boards to achieve *common goals* for remaking and weakening those institutions

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I've seen a number of folks talking about grants they/colleagues had cut & lists of those going around - plz share this effort by @brindabee.bsky.social & @realdoctormike.bsky.social to gather stories of cancelled research grants and clip these into a media campaign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I feel so awful when I have things people are waiting for me to do and other things I've committed to for the sake of my own health, yet the atmosphere in my apartment during/after a 90 degree day makes any attempt at working feel sickening.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Have there been any studies since ICE was founded about its effects on immigration compliance? It seems to me that it would be one of those things that actually makes it harder to enforce laws because following the rules carries more punishment than not doing so.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Hi Bluesky, I'm testing moderation effects of a highly positively skewed variable and think I need to transform my data to properly interpret interaction effects. Any recommendations? #statistics #psych

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Are other people having trouble accessing Google Scholar right now? Trying to figure out if it's a coincidence that I lost my ability to search after looking for sources about racial essentialism.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

NSF programs are critical to US prosperity. NIH mostly biomedical. NSF spans *all* physical and social sciences. Fighting the attacks: Democracy Forward, Public Citizen, Protect Democracy links: democracyforward.org/action/donate/ www.citizen.org/article/publ... protectdemocracy.org/donate/

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I have recently opened a profile on Superprof for freelance tutoring! If you have first-hand experience with my tutoring or teaching, please consider leaving a recommendation! t.co/Vhx238av8M

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My first multinational study has just been approved by the IRB! It's actually been distressingly long since I've collected new data so this is very exciting.

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Kristina Olson @olsonista.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Anyone looking to take an amazing clinical psych student who would come to grad school with an NSF GRFP in hand? Interests in stigma, adversity, but flexible! (Side note that it is awful that nsf doesn’t let you defer, apply next yr w/grant in hand, and just count that as 1 of 2 deferral yrs)

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

SPSP was in February, and I'm still getting weather updates for Denver on my phone. There is no option to turn this off. This isn't a serious complaint, it's just weird.

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Bill Silvia (they/he) @socialcategories.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The real dilemma study: If nobody gets in line for the train until 15 minutes before it arrives nobody has to wait in the cold to get a good seat until 15 minutes before the train arrives. Do you trust your fellow travelers and get an extra half hour of warmth? Or line up early for a good seat?

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Erica Granz Nack @ericagranz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My amazing undergrad, Lanie, & I will be presenting our poster on the impact of holiday displays in medical settings TONIGHT at 4:30 (#101)! Come say hi & help welcome Lanie to her first convention! #SPSP2025

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Gabriel Fajardo & @freemanjb.bsky.social have created a new connectionist model of trait formation (impression from faces). High dimension, dynamic models may buy us better model outcomes and situational variability #spsp2025 #comppsych

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Dr. Jessie Stern @jessastern.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

📣Join us tomorrow at SPSP! Friday, 2/21 9:30-10:40am in Bluebird Ballroom 1C @spspnews.bsky.social #spsp2025

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

@gandalfnicolas.bsky.social: social groups are represented in LLMs in similar ways compared to human data, warmth and competence are key but only explain about 50% of variance (need more dimensions). #spsp2025 #comppsych

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

@cinoolee.bsky.social: compiled 1000+ sm posts about racial discrimination and matched set on non-race topic...both AI and humans are sig more likely to flag posts about race for removal (36% more likely!) Triggered by identity threat + tone-policing #spsp2025 #comppsych

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Jonas Dalege: minority groups can only influence if they have strong connections and the majority group doesn't have a strong belief network #spsp2025 #comppsych

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