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Tamkinat Rauf

@tsrauf.bsky.social
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Sociologist @UW-Madison interested in happiness, mental health, inequality, social psych, genomics, quant methods, open science www.tamkinatrauf.com

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 1h
🚨 Public good alert: I put together a list of 100+ free datasets for social science research, spanning a large number of topics. I hope it's useful for students, researchers, and anyone looking for interesting data to explore. It's on GitHub - contributions welcome! github.com/toddrjones/d...
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GitHub - toddrjones/datasets: A collection of free datasets useful for use in applied microeconomics, data visualization, etc.
A collection of free datasets useful for use in applied microeconomics, data visualization, etc. - toddrjones/datasets
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is good advice for prospective PhD students. I'm getting a ton of emails that are heavily written by AI. If you can show that you've actually read some of the research yourself and have a few original thoughts about it you'll definitely stand out.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks google for this unsolicited summary of our chats. Please also select my team for me while you’re at it, and email me at the end of the season if I win anything. I’m only in this for the money.💰
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Claire Kamp Dush @clairekampdush.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@nchatstudy.bsky.social Stress Biology Study data are available for public use from @dsdr-data.bsky.social here www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/stu... NCHAT-BIO allows you to examine how stress and time use gets under the skin. Data includes IL-6, CRP, & EBV Learn more: www.ovid.com/10.1097/PSY....
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National Couples' Health and Time Stress Biology Study (NCHAT-BIO), United States, 2020-2021
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306...
the header for a paper describing "Life after OSF" #metascience
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you missed today's @rinpharma.bsky.social workshop, here are a few of my favourite "quick fixes" for some common #ggplot2 issues 📊 1. Use {ggview} to preview plots at the same size and resolution as you want to save them with ggsave() to avoid the annoying resizing #RStats #DataViz
library(ggview)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() +
  canvas(
    width = 6, height = 4,
    units = "in",
    dpi = 300
  )
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 29/09/2026
"Replication crisis" reforms like preregistration & pre-analysis plans were developed to control false positives in experimental research. Does that work in observational studies? Our new paper in Sociological Methods & Research argues for a different approach. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A Replication Framework for Observational Research: From Specification Restriction to Specification Expansion
Jonathan Ben-Menachem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8092-0848 jbenmenachem@gmail.com, Ari Galper https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-8837, and Nic Fishman
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Sociology has remained relatively insulated from debates about the “replication crisis.” Heeding calls to consider replication more deeply, we introduce a distinction between two types of research reforms that have emerged in the wake of the crisis: specification-restricting and specification-expanding reforms. Specification restriction is often promoted as a way to increase the repeatability of research findings by controlling false positives. We argue that this statistical justification is less compelling in observational contexts—where the assumptions licensing false-positive control are harder to sustain and rigid ex ante analytical commitments can instead enshrine fragile specifications—than in experimental contexts. We further argue that apparently low replication rates do not necessarily imply a high prevalence of false positive findings. Instead, we propose a replication framework centered on specification-expanding reforms, stronger incentives for confirmatory research, and meta-analysis. This approach equips sociologists to assess the repeatability of findings and build a more cumulative discipline.
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course I totally trust this statement from the company that trained its model on stolen data.
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you weren’t already convinced that we should not be using chatbots to write our manuscripts and think through our findings, this should give you pause: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excited to see this. Enjoyed being a part of this project and also learned a lot in the process. Thanks to Abel, Ghina, and Luna for leading this!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The IRBs I’ve interacted with have asked explicitly to not collect IP addresses and geographical data in Qualtrics and that identifying information (like ids) be removed from replication packages. I’m just surprised that other IRBs have diff norms. But maybe authors are not following irb guidelines
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
IRBs should clearly be doing a better job!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Claude, endlessly churning their sentences dragging themselves through work that used to be fun, looking for perfection
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The sample function in R uses a uniform distribution. If by convenience sample you mean prob of selection is non-uniform, one could probably draw random numbers from a different distribution (like standard normal will give you fewer numbers at the tails than closer to 0).
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Temporary unpaywalled link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nkCB-CmV9...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Very grateful to two thoughtful reviewers for many great insights and helpful feedback!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our prior work (doi.org/10.1016/j.so...) had shown that depression PGI predicts the risk of selecting into adverse life experiences, but we didn't know why. This study suggests that some this may be evocative selection due to negative interpersonal evaluations.
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Redirecting
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Raters were blinded to subjects' PGIs, so these results are not driven by stigma processes that may accompany the knowledge of someone's genetic risks. Some of the effects were explained by genetic correlations b/w depression and other traits (e.g. ADHD)
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Excited to share new work with @jeremyfreese.bsky.social. We investigate whether the genetic risk of depression predicts how people are evaluated in social interactions. People with higher depression PGI were perceived as less competent (cognitively, physically and socially). doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is very cool. Reminds me of a related discussion about genetic confounding in this measure from a few years ago: www.nature.com/articles/s41... z
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Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions - npj Science of Learning
npj Science of Learning - Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you’re looking to teach survey methods, measurement error and endogeneity all in one fell swoop, look no further
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is such a cool analysis of Durkheim's Suicide. (Also maybe a low-key nudge to sociologists to pay more attention to emotions.)
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In the early 2000s, modest weekday social interaction built toward big peaks on Friday & Saturday nights. Friday night now looks like a typical weeknight & Saturday is less elevated than before. Overall, time with friends has fallen by more than half. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The End of Friday Nights with Friends - Neal Caren, 2026
This study examines how Americans’ time with friends has changed over the week, focusing not on how much social interaction has declined but on when it has. Usi...
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Fabian Kalleitner @kalf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Austrian socio economic panel takes shape! now with two waves available as easy to access scientific use files.
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps
kings.cam.ac.uk
Current research opportunities
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Marco Waehner @marco-waehner.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026
How to choose a data repository? @lakens.bsky.social wrote a great blogpost see daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
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Which Data Repository Should You Use?
The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I do blame academic institutions in general though for basing academic reputations on what Will Davies recently termed “managerial measures of value”. We routinely put scholars on pedestals for things other than their scholarly contributions, likely incentivizing behaviors that Arday was accused of.
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 14/08/2026
As part of our guidance for the upcoming changes to OSF Projects, we developed a help guide on choosing a repository and a list of repository options to help researchers identify potential places to store their research outputs. ℹ️ Guidance on choosing a repository:
help.osf.io
Where should I share my Data, Materials, Code now? - OSF Support
This Article Is Licensed Under CCO For Maximum Reuse. The following is a Table of Contents that links directly to specific sections within the guide: Table of R
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Amy L. Johnson, PhD @aljohnson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ever wondered why mental health is discussed everywhere now? or whether mental illness has really been destigmatized? my first book (out spring 2027) answers those questions!
press.princeton.edu
Our Mental Health, Their Mental Illness
How mental health and illness have transformed from medical concepts into widely shared cultural ideas
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Klara Müller @klaramueller.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New WP!📄📣 For anyone working with quasi-experiments (especially UESD) and survey data, this is for you. Treatment events may affect not only opinions, but also survey participation and thereby bias causal estimates. I develop a framework to assess and tackle this bias. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Fabien Accominotti @faccominotti.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
UW-Madison Sociology is hiring! We're inviting applications for an assistant professor position in the fields of demography, soc of population, and health, to begin August 2027. Come join @uwsoc.bsky.social and the great @cdeuw.bsky.social! Apply here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor of Sociology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is an awesome resource!
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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A new Annual Review article by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social and colleagues worth a read. Don't let the formal modeling of luck fool you. This is one of the more interesting, and all around crazier, articles I've read recently. Super cool. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Luck and Predictability in the Life Course
There is an emerging recognition among sociological theorists that luck may play a substantial role in life course achievement. There is also a nascent empirical literature that finds life outcomes to...
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Excellent news! Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which they publish! A great result by all those proposing this strong solution to publication bias and selective reporting (and getting expert feedback before data collection)! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Truth: “The questioners at the end of StoryTime often cannot recall the early details of the story and whether they made sense and are embarrassed to ask”
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“StoryTime” is a hilarious but accurate description of (most) soc talks. So true: “There are lots of pictures in StoryTime—very few of them have a direct connection to the scientific arguments.”
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Enjoyed reading about the emotional wrestling with the messiness of wrestling. :) So many messy-lovely things out there in the world that evoke similar sentiments.
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Interesting comment on using p-values in analyses of non-random samples/pop census data. We typically operate with a “superpopulation” assumption in such cases. But is that assumption relevant when investigating a historical question: i.e. did x lead to y in place z? (Not: does x lead to y?)
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Political inequality isn't responsible for economic inequality www.niskanencenter.org/political-in... New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with Andrew Taylor on holes in the theory that unequal responsiveness to low-income opinion prevents redistributive policy
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Political inequality isn’t responsible for economic inequality - Niskanen Center
Jennifer Gaudette finds that election officials can increase trust in elections by informing citizens of basic facts, such as that election machines are not connected to the Internet.
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Ramina Sotoudeh @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨New in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... Genetic principal components (PCs) are commonly used to adjust for population stratification in genetic studies. In this paper, we quantify how much direct genetic signal is lost when using these “catch-all” adjustments. 🧵
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Quantifying direct genetic signal captured by principal component adjustment | PNAS
Contemporary genomic studies of complex traits, such as genome-wide association studies and polygenic index (PGI) analyses, frequently include the ...
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
One of the loveliest books I’ve read this year. By @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social. Highly recommend to anyone who loves the craft of writing but also feels terribly insecure. The writing-specific advice is unexpectedly relevant for researchers. The big pictures perspectives are priceless.
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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
agreed! best time to care about emotions and affect and neuroscience as a sociologist!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Exciting times for affective sociology!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
2 years after schools ban smartphones, subjective wellbeing is higher by .5 SD and attention is *lower* by the same magnitude. Puzzling.
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Very excited to read this!
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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
These sessions look really cool. Regretting missing PAA this year.
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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Family demographers, need recommendations for #PAA2026 sessions? 1/3 📅 Thursday, May 7 | 9:30–10:45 AM Experimental Methods in Studying Union Formation and Dissolution (@yiangli.bsky.social & I curated four excellent papers using #experimental methods to address key questions in #family #demography)
media.tenor.com
ALT:
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/05/2026
A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are good for students has been retracted: www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-wi... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Retraction Note: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis
Jin Wang & Wenxiang Fan 
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications volume 13, Article number: 528 (2026) Cite this article

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Retraction Note to: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04787-y, published online 06 May 2025

The Editor has decided to retract this paper owing to concerns regarding discrepancies in the meta-analysis. These issues ultimately undermine the confidence the Editor can place in the validity of the analysis and resulting conclusions. The authors have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.
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