Ed Merkle
@edgarmerkle.bsky.social
quantitative psychologist, open source enthusiast, recently working on R package blavaan
There is the application to supreme court decisions: doi.org/10.1093%2Fpa...
Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953–1999 | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953–1999 - Volume 10 Issue 2
doi.org
August 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
There is the application to supreme court decisions: doi.org/10.1093%2Fpa...
With coauthors @winterstat.bsky.social and Ellen Fitzsimmons. Code at semtools.r-forge.r-project.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
With coauthors @winterstat.bsky.social and Ellen Fitzsimmons. Code at semtools.r-forge.r-project.org
now I will have nightmares
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
now I will have nightmares
Here are some additional materials:
Resources
ecmerkle.github.io
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Here are some additional materials:
Very useful for my multilevel class. I currently get an error when I choose subject 330 or above, maybe related to the fact that the subject numbers don't go up sequentially?
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Very useful for my multilevel class. I currently get an error when I choose subject 330 or above, maybe related to the fact that the subject numbers don't go up sequentially?
Not sure if it is what you are thinking of, but it reminds me of the paper by @charlesdriver.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
April 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Not sure if it is what you are thinking of, but it reminds me of the paper by @charlesdriver.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...