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Simonsohn, Uri
Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade
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Education
- Ph.D. Social and Decision Sciences Department.
- Licentiate and B.A. in Economics,.
Biography
Uri obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica de Chile, and his PhD from the Social and Decision Sciences department at Carnegie Mellon University.
He has been a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for the last 15 years, and also held an appointment at the University of California-San Diego.
Uri's has two main research streams, one focuses on how people think, make judgments, and decisions, the other on how researchers do methodology. He has published in economics, psychology, and business journals. He co-created the pre-registration website AsPredicted.org, and co-hosts the DataColada.org blog. He is a reviewing editor for Science, associate editor for Management Science, and is in the editorial review board for the Journal of Marketing Research, and Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.
Uri teaches courses related to how to motivate behavioral change based on psychological research, and how to improve our intuitive and not-so-intuitive understanding of data based on psychological research.
Personal website: http://urisohn.com
Selected publications
- Simonsohn, U. (2024). Interacting With Curves: How to Validly Test and Probe Interactions in the Real Nonlinear World. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7 (1), 25152459231207787. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231207787.
- Simonsohn, U., Simmons, J. P. & Nelson, L. D. (2022). Above averaging in literature reviews. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1 (10), pp. 551-552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00101-8.
- Simmons, J. P., D. Nelson, L. & Simonsohn, U. (2021). Pre-registration: Why and How. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 31 (1), pp. 151-162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1208.
- Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D. & Simonsohn, U. (2021). Pre-registration is a Game Changer. But, Like Random Assignment, it is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Credible Science. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 31 (1), pp. 177-180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1207.
- Simonsohn, U., Simmons, J. P. & Nelson, L. D. (2020). Erratum: Publisher Correction: Specification curve analysis Nature human behaviour 2020 4 11 1208-1214. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (11), pp. 1215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00974-w.
- Simonsohn, U., Simmons, J. P. & Nelson, L. D. (2020). Specification curve analysis. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (11), pp. 1208-1214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0912-z.
- Mislavsky, R., Dietvorst, B. J. & Simonsohn, U. (2020). Critical condition: People don't dislike a corporate experiment more than they dislike its worst condition. Marketing Science, 39 (6), pp. 1092-1104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2019.1166.
- Mislavsky, R., Dietvorst, B. J. & Simonsohn, U. (2019). The minimum mean paradox: A mechanical explanation for apparent experiment aversion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (48), pp. 23883-23884. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912413116.
- Dietvorst, B. J. & Simonsohn, U. (2019). Intentionally 'biased': People purposely use to-be-ignored information, but can be persuaded not to. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 (7), pp. 1228-1238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000541.
- Simonsohn, U., Nelson, L. D. & Simmons, J. P. (2019). P-curve won't do your laundry, but it will distinguish replicable from non-replicable findings in observational research: Comment on Bruns & Ioannidis 2016. PLOS ONE, 14 (3), e0213454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213454.
- Vosgerau, J., Simonsohn, U., Nelson, L. D. & Simmons, J. P. (2019). 99% Impossible: A Valid, or Falsifiable, Internal Meta-Analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 (9), pp. 1628-1639. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000663.
- Simonsohn, U. (2018). Two Lines: A Valid Alternative to the Invalid Testing of U-Shaped Relationships With Quadratic Regressions. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1 (4), pp. 538-555. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918805755.
- Mislavsky, R. & Simonsohn, U. (2018). When risk is weird: Unexplained transaction features lower valuations. Management Science, 64 (11), pp. 5395-5404. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2868.
- Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D. & Simonsohn, U. (2018). False-Positive Citations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13 (2), pp. 255-259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617698146.
- Nelson, L. D., Simmons, J. P. & Simonsohn, U. (2018, January). Psychology's Renaissance. Annual Review of Psychology, 69, pp. 511-534. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011836.
- Simmons, J. P. & Simonsohn, U. (2017). Power Posing: P-Curving the Evidence. Psychological Science, 28 (5), pp. 687-693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797616658563.
- Munafò, M. R., Nosek, B. A., Bishop, D. V., Button, K. S., Chambers, C. D., Percie Du Sert, N., Simonsohn, U., Wagenmakers, E. J., Ware, J. J. & Ioannidis, J. P. (2017, January). A manifesto for reproducible science. Nature Human Behaviour, 1 (1), 0021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0021.
- Simonsohn, U. (2016). Each Reader Decides if a Replication Counts: Reply to Schwarz and Clore 2016. Psychological Science, 27 (10), pp. 1410-1412. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797616665220.
- Simonsohn, U., Simmons, J. P. & Nelson, L. D. (2015). Better P-Curves: Making p-curve analysis more robust to errors, fraud, and ambitious p-hacking, a reply to Ulrich and Miller 2015. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144 (6), pp. 1146-1152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000104.
- Hesse, B., Ishiyama, J., Karlan, D., Kraut, A., Lupia, A., Mabry, P., Madon, T. A., Malhotra, N., Mayo-Wilson, E., McNutt, M., Miguel, E., Paluck, E. L., Simonsohn, U., Soderberg, C., Spellman, B. A., Turitto, J., VandenBos, G., Vazire, S., Wagenmakers, E. J., Wilson, R. & Yarkoni, T. (2015). Promoting an open research culture. Science, 348 (6242), pp. 1422-1425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2374.
- Simonsohn, U. (2015). Small Telescopes: Detectability and the Evaluation of Replication Results. Psychological Science, 26 (5), pp. 559-569. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614567341.
- Simonsohn, U., Nelson, L. D. & Simmons, J. P. (2014). p-Curve and Effect Size: Correcting for Publication Bias Using Only Significant Results. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9 (6), pp. 666-681. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691614553988.
- Silberzahn, R., Simonsohn, U. & Uhlmann, E. L. (2014). Matched-Names Analysis Reveals No Evidence of Name-Meaning Effects: A Collaborative Commentary on Silberzahn and Uhlmann 2013. Psychological Science, 25 (7), pp. 1504-1505. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614533802.
- Simonsohn, U., Nelson, L. D. & Simmons, J. P. (2014). P-curve: A key to the file-drawer. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143 (2), pp. 534-547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033242.
- Miguel, E., Camerer, C., Casey, K., Cohen, J., Esterling, K. M., Gerber, A., Glennerster, R., Green, D. P., Humphreys, M., Imbens, G., Laitin, D., Madon, T. A., Nelson, L. D., Nosek, B. A., Petersen, M., Sedlmayr, R., Simmons, J. P., Simonsohn, U. & Van Der Laan, M. (2014, January). Promoting transparency in social science research. Science, 343 (6166), pp. 30-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1245317.
- Simonsohn, U. (2013). It really just does not follow, comments on Francis 2013. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 57 (5), pp. 174-176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2013.03.006.
- Simonsohn, U. (2013). Just Post It: The Lesson From Two Cases of Fabricated Data Detected by Statistics Alone. Psychological Science, 24 (10), pp. 1875-1888. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613480366.
- Saiz, A. & Simonsohn, U. (2013). Proxying for unobservable variables with internet document-frequency. Journal of the European Economic Association, 11 (1), pp. 137-165. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2012.01110.x.
- Simonsohn, U. & Gino, F. (2013). Daily Horizons: Evidence of Narrow Bracketing in Judgment From 10 Years of M.B.A. Admissions Interviews. Psychological Science, 24 (2), pp. 219-224. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612459762.
- Simonsohn, U. (2012). It Does Not Follow: Evaluating the One-Off Publication Bias Critiques by Francis 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2012d, 2012e, in press. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7 (6), pp. 597-599. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691612463399.
- Nelson, L. D., Simmons, J. P. & Simonsohn, U. (2012). Let's Publish Fewer Papers. Psychological Inquiry, 23 (3), pp. 291-293. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2012.705245.
- Berger, J., Inman, J. J., Dahl, D. W., John, L. K., Gneezy, A., Simonsohn, U., Nelson, L. D., Simmons, J. P., Moore, S. & Norton, M. I. (2012). Think outside the lab: Using field data in behavioral research. Advances in Consumer Research, 40, pp. 1100-1101.
- Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D. & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological Science, 22 (11), pp. 1359-1366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611417632.
- Simonsohn, U. (2011). Spurious also?: Name-similarity effects implicit egotism in employment decisions. Psychological Science, 22 (8), pp. 1087-1089. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611413937.
- Simonsohn, U. (2011). Spurious? Name Similarity Effects Implicit Egotism in Marriage, Job, and Moving Decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101 (1), pp. 1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021990.
- Simonsohn, U. (2011). In Defense of Diligence: A Rejoinder to Pelham and Carvallo 2011. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101 (1), pp. 31-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023232.
- Simonsohn, U. (2011). Lessons from an 'Oops' at Consumer Reports: Consumers follow experts and ignore invalid information. Journal of Marketing Research, 48 (1), pp. 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkr.48.1.1.
- Pope, D. & Simonsohn, U. (2011). Round numbers as goals: Evidence from baseball, SAT takers, and the lab. Psychological Science, 22 (1), pp. 71-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610391098.
- Simonsohn, U. (2010). Ebay's crowded evenings: Competition neglect in market entry decisions. Management Science, 56 (7), pp. 1060-1073. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1100.1180.
- Simonsohn, U. (2010). Weather to go to college. Economic Journal, 120 (543), pp. 270-280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02296.x.
- Simonsohn, U. (2009). Direct risk aversion: Evidence from risky prospects valued below their worst outcome. Psychological Science, 20 (6), pp. 686-692. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02349.x.
- Small, D. A. & Simonsohn, U. (2008). Friends of victims: Personal experience and prosocial behavior. Journal of Consumer Research, 35 (3), pp. 532-542. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/527268.
- Simonsohn, U. & Ariely, D. (2008). When rational sellers face nonrational buyers: Evidence from herding on eBay. Management Science, 54 (9), pp. 1624-1637. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1080.0881.
- Simonsohn, U., Karlsson, N., Loewenstein, G. & Ariely, D. (2008). The tree of experience in the forest of information: Overweighing experienced relative to observed information. Games and Economic Behavior, 62 (1), pp. 263-286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2007.03.010.
- Simonsohn, U. (2007). Clouds make nerds look good: Field evidence of the impact of incidental factors on decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20 (2), pp. 143-152. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.545.
- Simonsohn, U. (2006). New yorkers commute more everywhere: Contrast effects in the field. Review of Economics and Statistics, 88 (1), pp. 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/003465306775565747.
- Simonsohn, U. & Loewenstein, G. (2006). Mistake #37: The effect of previously encountered prices on current housing demand. Economic Journal, 116 (508), pp. 175-199. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01052.x.