dr. Robbie van Aert

Bio

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Methodology and Statistics and member of the Meta-Research Center. I am also a BITSS Catalyst advocating research transparency.

My research focuses on developing statistical methods for conducting meta-analyses. Many methods that I worked on are methods to correct for publication bias in a meta-analysis. I also worked on meta-analysis methods to combine a published original study and replication. Moreover, I regularly participate in large-scale collaborative projects like the Reproducibility Project: Psychology and Many Labs 2. Other interests of mine are R programming and sports analytics.

Please see my personal website for more information: http://www.robbievanaert.com/

Expertise

My expertise is on meta-analysis methods.

Courses

• Research Master: Colloquia and Seminars in Methodology and Statistics
• Public Administration Research 3: Quantitative Research
• Research Master: Meta Analysis
• Experimental Research Methods
• Experimental Research Methods
• Research Master: Experimental Research and Meta Analysis

Recent publications

1. A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well…

   Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., Allen, P. J., Altay, S., Alzahawi, S., Amir, Y., Anthony, F-V., Appiah, O. K., Atkinson, Q. D., Baimel, A., Balkaya-Ince, M., Balsamo, M., Banker, S., Bartos, F., Becerra, M., Beffara, B., ... Wagenmakers, E-J. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior.

2. Deciding what to replicate - A decision model for replication study s…

   Isager, P. M., van Aert, R. C. M., Bahnik, S., Brandt, M. J., DeSoto, K. A., Giner-Sorolla, R., Krueger, J., Perugini, M., Ropovik, I., van 't Veer, A. E., Vranka, M., & Lakens, D. (2022). Deciding what to replicate: A decision model for replication study selection under resource and knowledge constraints. Psychological Methods.

3. Analyzing data of a Multilab replication project with individual part…

   van Aert, R. C. M. (2022). Analyzing data of a Multilab replication project with individual participant data meta-analysis: A tutorial. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 230(1), 60-72.

4. Bayesian hypothesis testing and estimation under the marginalized ran…

   van Aert, R. C. M., & Mulder, J. (Accepted/In press). Bayesian hypothesis testing and estimation under the marginalized random-effects meta-analysis model. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

5. Publication bias

   van Aert, R., & Niemeyer, H. (Accepted/In press). Publication bias. In Lillenfeld, O’Donohue, & Masuda (Eds.), Questionable research practices in clinical psychology Springer.