Elena Damian
A5081637330- Social Capital and Networks
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Data Analysis with R
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Forecasting Techniques and Applications
- Social Media and Politics
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Sciensano (Belgium)
2022-2025
University of Leeds
2021
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2021
University of Bremen
2021
KU Leuven
2018-2019
This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions problems in science focus on systematic biases. We broaden lens to emphasize idiosyncrasy conscious and unconscious decisions that researchers make during data analysis. coordinated 161 73 research teams observed their as they used same independently test prominent social hypothesis: greater immigration reduces support for policies among public. In this typical case...
This study investigates researcher variability in computational reproduction, an activity for which it is least expected. Eighty-five independent teams attempted numerical replication of results from original policy preferences and immigration. Reproduction were randomly grouped into a ‘transparent group’ receiving code or ‘opaque only method description no code. The transparent group mostly verified (95.7% same sign p -value cutoff), while the opaque had less success (89.3%). Second-decimal...
This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions problems in science focus on systematic biases. We broaden lens to include conscious and unconscious decisions that researchers make during data analysis may lead diverging results. coordinated 161 73 research teams observed their as they used same independently test prominent social hypothesis: greater immigration reduces support for policies among public. In this typical...
Abstract Background and objectives In Belgium, monitoring antibiotic consumption relies on reimbursement data, which is obtained with a time delay does not account for over-the-counter or nonreimbursed products. This study aims to bridge this gap by comparing retail data primary care understand variations assess the accuracy of current surveillance methods. Method Reimbursement were from National Institute Health Disability Insurance, IQVIA period 2013–22. The community systemic antibiotics...
In this article, we examine whether cross-national studies disclose enough information for independent researchers to evaluate the validity and reliability of findings (evaluation transparency) or perform a direct replication (replicability transparency). The first contribution is theoretical. We develop heuristic theoretical model including actors, factors, processes that influence transparency provide an overview measures currently taken improve research transparency. second empirical, in...
For the first time, this study examined both cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of contextual cultural economic characteristics individual formal volunteering. A sample 116,380 respondents from 33 countries four waves European Values Study (1981-2008) was used. The hierarchical logistic models indicate that a long-standing theoretical idea regarding positive relationship between religiosity volunteering is not supported by data. Specifically, I found people living in secular...
Multilevel regression analysis is one of the most popular types analyses in cross-national social studies. However, since its early applications, there have been constant concerns about relatively small numbers countries surveys and ability to produce unbiased accurate country-level effects. A recent review Bryan Jenkins (2016) highlights that are still no clear rules thumb regarding minimum number needed. The current recommendations vary from 15 50 countries, depending on model...
This paper reports findings from a crowdsourced replication. Eighty-five independent teams attempted computational replication of results reported in an original study policy preferences and immigration by fitting the same statistical models to data. The involved experimental condition. Random assignment put participating into either transparent group that received code, or opaque receiving only methods section, rough description no code. mostly verified numerical with sign p-value threshold...
In an era of mass migration, social scientists, populist parties and movements raise concerns over the future immigration-destination societies. What impacts does this have on policy solidarity? Comparative cross-national research, relying mostly secondary data, has findings in different directions. There is a threat selective model reporting lack replicability. The heterogeneity countries obscures attempts to clearly define data-generating models. P-hacking HARKing lurk among standard...
Abstract Negative effects of imprisonment on quality health and drug use are well known. Although the interference between social- psychological- physical aspects seem obvious, in many prison settings an overall approach with respect to is lacking. A mixed methods study collected data during 2021-2022 five Belgian prisons. People were randomly invited for a quantitative survey about use, violence, social contacts, loneliness, anxiety, depression sleep. The was carried out 13 languages using...
In this paper, the relation between host country’s religious culture and civic involvement of first-generation immigrants is examined. Using data from European Value Study 2008, multilevel logistic regression analyses are applied to examine whether there a denomination that prevails in country or level ethnic diversity immigrant secular organizations. The findings indicate percentages Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim believers destination negatively associated with membership organizations,...
The present study investigates the differences in civic participation between native Dutch, Western, and non-Western immigrants living Netherlands. Moreover, we set out to test which cultural, human, social individual resources explain these differences. A unique representative sample of 6054 respondents was used from Longitudinal Internet Studies for Social Sciences Panel (LISS Panel). We found that three groups have very similar patterns involvement different organizations (i.e. activist,...
This paper reports findings from a crowdsourced replication. Eighty-five independent teams attempted computational replication of results reported in an original study policy preferences and immigration by fitting the same statistical models to data. The involved experimental condition. Random assignment put participating into either transparent group that received code, or opaque receiving only methods section, rough description no code. mostly verified numerical with sign p-value threshold...
This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions problems in science focus on systematic biases. We broaden lens to include conscious and unconscious decisions that researchers make during data analysis may lead diverging results. coordinated 161 73 research teams observed their as they used same independently test prominent social hypothesis: greater immigration reduces support for policies among public. In this typical...