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REED: Calculating Power After Estimation – Everybody Should Do This!

So your estimate is statistically insignificant and you’re wondering: Is it because the effect size is small, or does my study have too little power? In Tian et al. (2024), we propose a simple method for calculating statistical power after…

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COUPÉ: Why You Should Use Quarto to Make Your Papers More Replicable (and Your Life Easier!)

An important part of writing a paper is polishing the paper. You start with a first draft but then you find small mistakes, things to add or to remove. Which leads to redoing the analysis and a second, third and…

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A Course Syllabus in Social Science Replication

[From the syllabus for “POLI 229: Social Science Replication”, taught by Gareth Nellis at the University of California San Diego] “The purpose of this class is to learn how to do cutting-edge empirical research in the social sciences by replicating…

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