Matthew B. Jané
Education
2022–present | Ph.D. Quantitative Psychology, University of Connecticut
- Research involves developing statistical methods and software for meta-analysis and evidence synthesis. Primarily focusing on correcting bias in effect size estimates induced by statistical artifacts.
2021–2022 | M.S. Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Connecticut
2018–2020 | B.S. Computational Neuroscience, University of Connecticut
Textbooks
Jané, M. B., Xiao, Q., Yeung, S. K., Caldwell, A. R., Dunleavy, D. J., … (2023) Guide to Effect Sizes and Confidence Intervals. A collaborative guide to calculating, interpreting, and reporting effect sizes and confidence intervals. In Progress. See preliminary version here: https://matthewbjane.quarto.pub/effect-size-and-confidence-intervals-guide/
Jané, M. B., Kroc, E., Wiernik, B. M., Oswald, F. L., Johnson, B. T. (2023) Artifact Corrections for Effect Sizes. An open-source book for correcting bias in effect size estimates contaminated by statistical artifacts. In Progress. See preliminary version here: https://matthewbjane.quarto.pub/artifact-corrections-for-effect-sizes/
Software
R Package ThemePark, Generating popular culture styled ggplot themes. github.com/MatthewBJane/theme_park. Featured on rweekly.org and flowingdata.com
R Package POSC An R Package for generating Probability of Outcome Superiority Curves (POSCs). github.com/MatthewBJane/ThemePark
Database OpenSynthesis, website cataloging publicly available meta-analytic databases. matthewbjane.com/opensynthesis
Shiny App Artifact Simulator, A Shiny App for Visualizing Statistical Artifacts. matthewbjane.shinyapps.io/effect_size_artifact_bias
Webpage Artifact Corrections for Effect Sizes, A webpage documenting equations and code for effect size artifact corrections. matthewbjane.com/ArtifactCorrections
Consulting and Workshops
- Matthew B. Jané Consulting statistical consulting services for clients in academia and industry research. matthewbjane.github.io/Consulting.html
- Physalia Courses “Meta-Analysis in R” Workshop hosted a four day workshop in meta-analysis with application to R programming language. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/metain-r/
- R workshops for Ukraine “Meta-Analysis in R” Workshop hosted a 2-hour workshop in meta-analysis with application to R programming language for charity. sites.google.com/view/dariia-mykhailyshyna/main/r-workshops-for-ukraine#h.qwn56mbd02im.
- USF “Meta-Analysis in R” Workshop hosted a 1-hour workshop in meta-analysis with application to R programming language for the University of South Florida.
Scientific Communication
- Meta-Analysis Magic Blog blog discussing statistical modeling and other quantitative topics in meta-analysis and measurement.
- X/Twitter and Blue Sky using twitter and bluesky as a means of scientific communication.
Publications
Jané, M. B., Harlow, T. J., Khu, E. C., and colleagues (2024). Extracting Pre-Post Correlations for Meta-Analyses of Repeated Measures Designs https://matthewbjane.quarto.pub/pre-post-correlations/ Manuscript in Preparation.
Johnson, B. T., Jané, M. B., Curley, C. (2023). Methodological Quality in Research in Health Psychology. Under review at Sage Journal of Health Psychology.
Champion, G., Jané, M. B., Johnson, B. T., and colleagues (2023). Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Interventions on Stress Reduction in the United States: A Meta-Analysis. Data being collected.
Harlow*, T. J., Jané*, M. B., Read, H. L., & Chrobak, J. J. (2023). Memory retention following acoustic stimulation in slow-wave sleep: a meta-analytic review of replicability and measurement quality. Frontiers in Sleep.
Jané, M. B., Pisupati, S., Smith, K. E., Castro-Tonelli, L., Melo-Thomas, L., Schwarting, R. K., … & Read, H. L. (2022). Correlations across timing cues in natural vocalizations predict biases in judging synthetic sound burst durations. bioRxiv.
Jané, M. B., Uanhoro, J., Boika, N. (2024). Predictive Validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on University Grades: A Living Meta-Analysis. https://matthewbjane.com/utme-validity-meta-analysis/ Manuscript in Preparation.