Eli Halbreich

Foundations of Item Response Theory This workshop from Wes Bonifay focuses on the foundations and application of item response theory, particularly as applied to binary items.

Enroll in my new workshop to realize your dream of learning IRT

#quantpsych #psychometrics #psychsky #statssky

With the new year I want to bump this starter pack up for anyone who might be interested in following a bunch of awesome folks in #HAI! As always, if you would like to be added, don't hesitate to reach out to me. #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalInteraction

American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.

SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Though delayed by my internship year, I have a new paper out in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! In this paper, we examine rates of inconsistency in lifetime reporting of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) among youth in the ABCD Study!

We are creating an academic journal and *you* can shape it!

Make comments and suggest changes to replicationresearch.org 's
- Constitution
- TOP guidelines
- article types
- and reviewer guidelines
until September 5 and be credited as a contributor: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Interested in the computational reproducibilty of research papers? @psychscience.bsky.social Psych Science is looking to extend their network of people providing checks of reviewed manuscrips: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.

Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

Hey folks! I'll be teaching two workshops in May on Structural Equation Modeling!

One course is introductory (May 7-9): smart-workshops.com/intro-sem-info

The other is on longitudinal models (May 14-16): smart-workshops.com/long-sem-info

🙏Please RT and share! 🙏

Let met tell you more...

Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston Globe In an email Tuesday night, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said the school received reports that the student was taken into custody outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville.

Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.

Not a problem!

Hello! I put you on there :-)

🚨Job Alert!🚨

The Dept of Psych Sciences at TTU has an open position for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice in clinical and/or counseling psychology!

Here is the job ad link with more details!

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a baby is reading a book with his eyes closed and his mouth open . ALT: a baby is reading a book with his eyes closed and his mouth open .

I will be teaching undergraduate + PhD level courses on empirically supported treatments for psychopathology.

Want this to be a healthy dose of both what works, while also arming them on how to evaluate intervention science.

Any suggestions for my reading list? Self-nominations welcome!

SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs 'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve. This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025). Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20. 2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20.

ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00 rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated conducting merit review panels No later than Febrar - 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information act recordin grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis. To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

🚨 Postdoc Opening! 🚨
Join our human-animal interaction research group at
@uarizona.bsky.social, receive dual mentorship from myself & @dremilybray.bsky.social + contribute to a funded study investigating the impact of pets on mental health and wellbeing. Open until filled! bit.ly/3CenLAE

Lol is this Aguirre?

Currently working on companion animals loss and bereavement. Earlier this year we published a validation of the Pet Bereavement Questionnaire
doi.org/10.1080/0748...

Why it is important to publish null and negative results in "pet effect" studies.
"This study serves as a guidepost for human–animal interaction researchers as to the importance of including contextual variables in their studies before making claims regarding the impact of companion animals on youth

people collecting web data, what is your current favourite source of representative samples in the US and UK?

we need to hire somebody to recruit 2K participants. 25min task

I ask this every now and then because we do mainly citizen-science recruiting and as a result I'm constantly under-informed

Our child and adolescent mental health starter pack is full!

Click through to find 149 great accounts, plus me.

Want to join? Think I’ve missed someone? Let me know and I’ll get going on a start a second pack!

go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg

Super excited to have my poster accepted to #SPPAC2025 in Phoenix, AZ! I'll be presenting on research evaluating prosocial behavior and sleep disturbances between pet owners and non-pet owners.

Looking forward to chatting with folks, especially since this is my first SPPAC conference!

#HAI

The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.

the fallout from the Francesca Gino research misconduct scandal isn't over. @engber.bsky.social writes about how an effort by some of her colleagues to self-audit their work with her ended up raising even more questions — for them personally and their whole field www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Pet Ownership and Family Involvement in Sports and Other Activities The impact that companion animals may have on adolescent engagement in sports and other activities is currently unclear. This study included participant data gathered from the Adolescent Brain Cogn...

Very excited to share new research out in Anthrozoös looking at how pet ownership may impact family involvement in sports and other activities using the #ABCD Dataset.

Free ePrint here for anyone interested:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/K7KN7...

#HAI #Pets

Now that some more human-animal interaction folks have joined the platform, I figured I would make a starter pack for researchers working in the fields of HAI or anthrozoology! Please message me if you would like to be added!
#Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalInteraction #HAI

go.bsky.app/JiTQhMv

If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you've taken recently

Great plug for the Detroit Institute of Art as well!

2-1 win🥲

Up 2-0 at the half!

Photo of the field at the john walker soccer complex

Watching Tech take on LSU in the NCAA championship🌵