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No single survey mode reliably reaches most target populations anymore. Ipek Bilgen explains how mixed-mode design makes participation more convenient, which is often the difference between a sample that represents the population and one that doesn’t. Read the full Expert View: go.norc.org/4ieZ1cl

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

So there's no QB problem at Michigan. Anything but, actually. Bryce Underwood and Tommy Carr are both talented enough to win with. The maturity Underwood's shown after sitting down is some of the best I've ever seen from a QB his age. They need to be coached better. Whole offense does.

This Michigan Indiana game is the most dismal shit I’ve ever seen in my life. We gotta take back the 24 team playoff just to punish the conference for this. 

Evil is an understatement. And, must be nice to surpass any kind of IRB or ethics review to push any kind of study like this forward. Props to the law enforcement in Guinea-Bissau for enforcing reality with these clowns. We cannot remove these bad actors from leadership positions soon enough.

Stop. Just stop.

October's SRC Director's Chat features the Future of Surveys initiative. @umpamdk.bsky.social chatted with @bradytwest.bsky.social & Grant Benson about the challenges and solutions for survey research. In pt 1, Grant & Brady discuss their biggest concerns facing survey research youtu.be/bAbfH8JA8Hw

No one more deserving of this recognition!

“The culmination of my life’s work may have been targeted by an AI-assisted censorship tool & terminated by a politically-motivated AI hallucination” If you care in any way about science, you need to read this thread from my friend Kelton Minor.

On a more positive note, if any of you have ever listened to Deep Forest, his new album (Soul) is pretty outstanding. Some of the best work he’s ever done. open.spotify.com/album/6QjqrE... This will definitely be the soundtrack for my work over the next few months.

The very best, analytical, evidence-based evaluation of why Michigan’s offense is trash, provided as always by MGoBlog: mgoblog.com/content/upon... Read it if you give a damn about Michigan football. I’m sure it won’t get any better this week, but benching Bryce was correct, and Beck needs to go.

We run simple shit. It works. We run weird shit, somebody gets rocked so hard their head falls off. We run simple shit. It works. We run weird shit, somebody gets rocked so hard their head falls off. We run simple shit. It works. We run weird shit, somebody gets rocked so hard their head falls off.

Tommy Carr does have moxie. He’s brought a spark. But this offense is still incredibly broken.

This may be the most damning stat of all. Goodness.

Beck actually needs to be fired after this game. Like I know it’s stupid and symbolic but you have to do it. This is the worst offense I’ve ever seen

Like, what have you been doing for two weeks? This offense is an absolute atrocity, and the Bryce era needs to be over.

THESE PLAYERS CANNOT RUN THE RHINO FIGURE IT THE F OUT BECK UTTER TRASH FOOTBALL

Editor rant: I’m seeing increasing prevalence of a very irritating behavior in peer review. Individuals provide excellent comments on an initial submission, agree to review a revision, and then turn down the invitation to review the revision. This is absurd, and defeats the purpose. What gives? 🤬

ISR researcher Josh Ehrlich and Anthony K. Ngugi examine how language and culture can shape cognitive testing. Lessons from LOSHAK in Kenya show why aging research must adapt its measurements to the communities it studies.

There was nothing like visiting New Zealand and seeing this wonderful creatures in-person. Amazing. If it isn't on your bucket list, add it.

Can someone please put Thursday Night Football games out of their misery? Just an awful product week after week. Nothing but bad football and injuries. Anyone awake at the shield?

get you a quick shine

Like…really? Try and comprehend the amount of busywork nationwide that this, uh, whatever the F you want to call it, just introduced. In every sector. That last proposal you wrote where you mentioned AI 149 times? Nope. That website you just built talking about your company’s new AI tools? Nope. 🤬

See also “Interviewing your laptop” by @tslumley.bsky.social notstatschat.rbind.io/2025/08/15/i...

It is incredible that what looked like such a strong coaching staff has completely melted down to this point. FFS. sports.yahoo.com/articles/kyl...

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Featured on CNN: Joanne Hsu, director of U-M’s Surveys of Consumers, explains why high prices, rising gas costs and interest rates are weighing on consumer sentiment across the political spectrum. Watch the CNN interview to hear more.

Solid thread.

42 And that’s being generous. Baffling how ill-prepared, idiotic, and equal parts non-chalant that team was today, players and coaches alike. Especially on the offensive side of the ball. What on earth was that? The game almost seemed thrown. That $40M is going to dry up reeeeaaaaallll fast.

i'm going to take this season out back and shoot it

I give up man. May be the lowest IQ Michigan team I can ever remember watching.

Sorry, but Marsh can’t see the field again today. Been in outer space since the first kick.

Interesting…

A new version of the nonprobsvy package in R, and an article in JSS to boot! There is no better tool for the analysis of data from non-probability surveys, implementing all of the latest advances in this literature. If you analyze data from NP surveys, please read: www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...

Neagley Season 1 >>>>> Reacher Season 4

A good opinion piece in The Financial Times about the erosion of U.S. science. Proud to be anti-anti-woke. 😤 www.ft.com/content/848b...

Any sentence starting with “Dr. Oz says” that has any consequences for the American people loses me immediately at “Dr. Oz says”. 🙄🤡

The University of Michigan National Survey Panel (M-Panel) is now openly accepting questionnaire content from researchers. Would you like to ask questions to a national probability-based panel of adults in the U.S., with an oversample from Michigan? Tap below! mpanel.isr.umich.edu/for-research...

Absolutely unacceptable. Get your shit together.

Enough with the Rhino garbage. If you have six OL and you can’t move UTEP, put the damn scheme away. JFC.

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Want to better understand how statistical sampling works in a visual and interactive way? Take a look at this learning tool I created (with help from Claude): websites.umich.edu/~raphaeln/sa... All feedback is welcome!

Uhhhh this is Varsity vs. the Freshman B Team. Lawdy. 😑

Ok I'm getting mad now for real for real.

Wait…the Tigers bullpen blew a late-game lead? Color me stunned. 🙄

Props to that Michigan defense. What an effort.

Just way too many absurd mental gaffes from this team so far. Really disappointed that Whittingham hasn’t had a bigger impact in that area, but at some point players have to wake up.