Here is a suggestion: In empirical research, academics should move equations from the methods section to the appendix and, if anything, show the few lines of code used to estimate the model(s) in the software being used (ideally with citations to the software and statistical packages). Preferably, it should be possible to understand the estimation […]
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PPEPE added to Party Facts
Our data on populist parties in European Parliament elections (PPEPE), from our article in the Electoral Studies, is now linked to the Party Facts. You can find it here. Party Facts, for people not already familiar with this amazing resource, links several datasets on political parties to make it easier for researchers to work with […]
New article in Personality and Individual Differences: Personality in a pandemic
In the July issue of Personality and Individual Differences, you will find an article I have co-authored with Steven G. Ludeke, Joseph A. Vitriol and Miriam Gensowski. In the paper, titled Personality in a pandemic: Social norms moderate associations between personality and social distancing behaviors, we demonstrate when Big Five personality traits are more likely […]
How to improve your figures #7: Don’t use a third dimension
Most static figures show information in two dimensions (with a horisontal dimension and a vertical dimension). This works really well on the screen as well as on paper. However, once in a while you also see figures presenting figures with a third dimension (3D). It is not necessarily a problem adding a third dimension if […]
25 interesting facts #8
176. Governments in countries that experienced SARS in 2003 were quicker to implement social distancing policies to combat COVID-19 in 2020 (Ru et al. 2021) 177. Political parties that suffer electoral setbacks are more likely to change name (Kim and Solt 2017) 178. People underestimate their compliments’ value to others (Boothby and Bohns 2021) 179. […]