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José Duarte, PhD

José Duarte, PhD

Amazon is selling lots of scam books

There’s an ongoing problem on Amazon, the world’s largest bookstore. If you buy a classic work like The Count of Monte Cristo…

Sep 13, 2021

Amazon is selling lots of scam books

Sep 13, 2021

José Duarte, PhD

How to fix RStudio’s package installation on Windows 10

This is a quick guide on how to solve an annoying flaw in how RStudio works on Windows 10. By default, it places user-installed packages…

Apr 28, 2020

How to fix RStudio’s package installation on Windows 10

Apr 28, 2020

José Duarte, PhD

America’s nuclear arsenal is old — a false “fact-check” at CNN

CNN’s “fact-checking” effort is remarkable. Today, they purported to fact check President Trump’s claim that our nuclear arsenal is…

Sep 25, 2019

America’s nuclear arsenal is old — a false “fact-check” at CNN

Sep 25, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

False reporting in the New Republic

There are surprising errors in a recent New Republic article titled “Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to…

Aug 11, 2019

False reporting in the New Republic

Aug 11, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

A simple way to get better Amazon search results

When you do a text search on Amazon, by default you’ll usually get suboptimal results. There’s an alternative, much better results page.

Jun 3, 2019

A simple way to get better Amazon search results

Jun 3, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

A curious case of “fact-checking” at CNN

I’m a social psychologist with a growing interest in how political ideologies compromise fact-checking. Today I’m going to review a very…

Mar 5, 2019

A curious case of “fact-checking” at CNN

Mar 5, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

Partisan dictionaries, “running train”, and more monkey business

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said that she planned to “run train on the progressive agenda”. The comment made no sense given…

Feb 28, 2019

Partisan dictionaries, “running train”, and more monkey business

Feb 28, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

Lewandowsky data altered

This is a quick note on altered data in Lewandowsky, Oberauer, and Gignac (2013). Take a look at these columns below. They’re survey item…

Feb 20, 2019

Lewandowsky data altered

Feb 20, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

Pay less

The US government recently brought a fraud case (PDF) against Monex Precious Metals. This reminded me that I’ve wanted to write this quick…

Jan 16, 2019

Pay less

Jan 16, 2019

José Duarte, PhD

Sites that don’t work in Microsoft Edge (running list)

Disqus: Logging into the Disqus homepage via Twitter does not work. Nothing happens. (The reason you would log into the Disqus homepage is…

Sep 21, 2018

Sites that don’t work in Microsoft Edge (running list)

Sep 21, 2018

José Duarte, PhD

José Duarte, PhD

Social Psychologist and advocate for scientific validity. I research the psychology of envy. I also develop new theory and tools for methodological validity.

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