Publications
Has the electoral college grown more disproportional? An analysis of election results, 1876-2020 KU Leuven
Short Take: Do Postal Stamps (Still) Lead to a Higher Response Rate? An Empirical Test in Belgium KU Leuven
Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty KU Leuven
This study explores how researchers' analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions of reliability problems in science focus on systematic biases. We broaden the lens to emphasize the idiosyncrasy of conscious and unconscious decisions that researchers make during data analysis. We coordinated 161 researchers in 73 research teams and observed their research decisions as they used the same data to independently ...