For any central statistical analysis that you report in your manuscript, it should be absolutely clear for readers why the analysis is being conducted in the first place – that is, the analysis goal should be transparently communicated. A helpful concept here is the so-called theoretical estimand, t| The 100% CI
Update 2022: There is now a manuscript that discusses the topic of this blog post in more depth, see preprint here. While reviewing papers, I’ve noticed some boilerplate that keeps creeping up in the “Limitations” sections of studies using cross-sectional, observational designs: “Of course, we| The 100% CI
Summer in Berlin – the perfect time and place to explore the city, take a walk in the Görli, go skinny dipping in the Spree, attend an overcrowded, overheated conference symposium on cross-lagged panel models (#noAircon). So that’s what I did three weeks ago at the European Conference on Personality| The 100% CI
