Are you familiar with any writings similar to "How to Lie with Statistics" by Huff (1954)?

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Hi, I know that statistically speaking these two effects can be estimated and interpreted in the same way. Most of the time, scholars tend to use them interchangeably in their papers and projects....

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When can I examine data from individuals in groups at an individual-level of analysis?

Dear scholars, As I use in my project data collected from individuals in work groups, I should according to theory test submitted hypotheses through a multilevel framework. Before doing so, I...

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How do I bootstrap 95%CI for SEM parameter estimates in LISREL?

How do I bootstrap 95%CI for SEM parameter estimates in LISREL? Thank you for all the hints! Best, Lukasz

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Quantitative data cooking. What is the best recipe?

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How do we identify a common method variance in behavioral research?

Hi everyone, I've just read a brilliant paper by Podsakoff, et al., 2003 on common method biases and I was wondering if you have any further thoughts on this topic. I am particularly interested in...

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Could you recommend me any papers concerning the moderation analysis within SEM environment?

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Is it reasonable and meaningful to draw a model that consists of two second-order latent constructs and further discuss causality between them?

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How much do scholars publish annually in social sciences?

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Text-Communication from the M1 Hand Area using BCI—and then there is Elon Musk?

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