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

• Public Administration Research 3: Quantitative Research

Recent publications

1. Reporting guidelines for meta-analysis in economics

   Havránek, T., Stanley, T. D., Doucouliagos, H., Bom, P., Geyer‐klingeberg, J., Iwasaki, I., Reed, W. R., Rost, K., & van Aert, R. (2020). Reporting guidelines for meta-analysis in economics. Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(3), 469-475.

2. Longitudinal associations of psychological resilience with mental hea…

   van der Meulen, E., van der Velden, P. G., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Veldhoven, M. J. P. M. (2020). Longitudinal associations of psychological resilience with mental health and functioning among military personnel: A meta-analysis of prospective studies. Social Science & Medicine, 255, [112814].

3. The effect of publication bias on the Q test and assessment of hetero…

   Augusteijn, H. E. M., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). The effect of publication bias on the Q test and assessment of heterogeneity. Psychological Methods, 24(1), 116-134.

4. Publication bias examined in meta-analyses from psychology and medici…

   Van Aert, R. C. M., Wicherts, J. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). Publication bias examined in meta-analyses from psychology and medicine: A meta-meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 14(4), e0215052. [0215052].

5. Statistical properties of methods based on the Q-statistic for constr…

   Van Aert, R. C. M., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Viechtbauer, W. (2019). Statistical properties of methods based on the Q-statistic for constructing a confidence interval for the between-study variance in meta-analysis. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(2), 225-239.