I'm a moral psychologist, philosopher, and open science proponent. Post-doc at the University of Geneva. Occasional jogger, juggler and dancer.
Feb 17, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Linear algebra is one of the foundations of statistics and model building. Here's a thread on some fantastic resources (mostly books) to learn it (1/n)
I think Kuldeep Singh's Linear Algebra Step by Step should be the first step in learning LA; it's a wonderful and very gentle introduction.
Nov 20, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Quick and dirty personal view / summary of classic social psych experiments and effects:
Asch & Milgram: some caveats, but still great
Bystander effect: over-hyped, but still valid (1/n)
Pygmalion effect, Good Samaritan, Schachter and Singer’s 1962 experiment on the two-factor theory of emotions: lacking any evidentiary value and probably p-hacked
Festinger and Carlsmith's 1959 cognitive dissonance studies: got impossible results
