Bayesian analysis for social data: A step-by-step protocol and interpretation

Vuong, Quan‐Hoang; Nguyen, Minh‐Hoang; Ho, Manh-Toan; Tran, Trung

doi:10.1016/j.mex.2020.100924

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“…following protocol introduced by Q.-H. Vuong, La, Nguyen, Ho, Tran, et al (2020) for studying social sciences, while the co-authorship network was performed using the bibliometrix R package (version 3.3) (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017). For scientific transparency, the study's methodological limitations are presented in the Discussion following Q.-H. Vuong 2020recommendations.…”

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Evaluation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: The international collaboration trilemma in interdisciplinary research

Nguyen,

Vuong

2020

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Given the pros and cons of tourism on biodiversity, at least 12 of the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets are directly or indirectly related to tourism. Meanwhile, Target 19 aims to raise the generation, transfer, and application of knowledge on the topic of biodiversity. The objective of this study is, therefore, to evaluate the impact of Aichi Biodiversity Targets on the interdisciplinary research output, quality, and collaboration at the national scale regarding biodiversity and tourism. The Hamiltonian MCMC technique, incorporating the bibliometric analysis, was performed on 1,003 documents extracted from the Web of Science database. The current investigation revealed two prominent findings. First, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets induced positive effects on scientific productivity, quality, and international collaboration at the national level. Still, more than half of the countries on Earth (55.02%) had not acquired any interdisciplinary publication on the topic of biodiversity and tourism.Moreover, international collaboration was found to be an effective measure to improve scientific quality and quantity in both periods before and after the Aichi Targets. Nevertheless, whereas the effect of international collaboration on scientific output was similar between the two periods, its impact on scientific quality during 2011-2020 was lower than during 1991-2010. Thus, we argue that international cooperation cannot be used as a "silver bullet" strategy for advancing knowledge in the interdisciplinary field between biodiversity and tourism due to the trilemma between quantity, quality, and cost. Eventually, we recommend policymakers, funding evaluators, and researchers to put culture into perspective for lessening the cost of interdisciplinary research.

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2020

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“…Given the mounting criticisms on p -value's frailties ( Halsey, 2019 ; Amrhein et al., 2019 ), the ability to present and visualize posterior distributions of Bayesian analysis provides more information for interpretation that facilitates reader's intuition and interpretation ( McElreath, 2020 ). The bayesvl package, capitalizing on the current trends in Bayesian inference, is selected for statistical analysis ( Vuong et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…Previously, there was no requirement for international publications from Vietnamese authorities. Nevertheless, the introduction of Circular 37/2014/TT-BKHCN in 2014, which requires all national projects to result in ISI/Scopus publications, and Circular 08/2017/TT-BGDĐT in 2017, which requires doctoral candidates to publish at least two articles in ISI/Scopus journals, has imposed enormous pressure on international publishing ( Vietnam MOET, 2017 ; Nafosted, 2018 ; Nguyen et al., 2019 ; Vuong et al., 2020 ). As a result, these policies have been empirically linked with an increase in SS&H research productivity ( Nguyen et al., 2019 ; Vuong, 2019b , 2020a ).…”

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Adopting open access in the social sciences and humanities: evidence from a developing nation

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Open Access (OA) publishing, with ambitious movements such as Plan S, is engendering radical changes among academic publishers. Emerging countries need to keep publishing as well as adopt open access to catch up with the changes. Using exclusive data from the Social Sciences & Humanities Peer Awards (SSHPA) database, the study employed both descriptive statistics and a Bayesian linear regression model to examine the journals and publishers in which Vietnamese social scientists published during the period 2008–2019, and the potential of pursuing the OA movement in Vietnam. We found an increasing diversification in the publishing sources of Vietnamese social science researchers with growth rates of 9.8% and 14.1% per annum in the number of publishers and journals, respectively. Given that the proportion of Gold OA articles had a fourfold increase over the examined period, it seems that the Vietnamese academic community is adopting OA. Furthermore, Bayesian analysis results hint at positive associations of internal and external collaborative power (number of domestic and foreign authors, respectively) with the decision to publish in OA ( β b_TotalVN_OpenAccess = 0.22; β b_TotalForeign_OpenAccess = 0.15). The results and its implications suggest that Vietnamese policymakers and university director boards should facilitate as well as control the quality of the scientific publishing and the OA movement.

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“…It should be noted that the variable TCC is not available in the published dataset, so we have attached a sufficient dataset and codes in the Supplementary for future replication. The data were later uploaded to the R software (version 4.0.2) and analyzed using the bayesvl package [35][36][37]. The package has been utilized for multiple studies in various fields [38][39][40][41].…”

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Alice in Suicideland: Exploring the Suicidal Ideation Mechanism through the Sense of Connectedness and Help-Seeking Behaviors

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On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds, recent data show. Yet, extant studies have largely focused on the risk factors for suicidal behaviors, not so much on the thought process and the interactions of factors leading up to a suicide attempt. To understand how suicide thoughts arise and persist inside one’s mind, and look for actionable solutions to reduce the risk of suicidal ideation in young adults, the most at-risk group of deaths by suicide. A multifiltering information mechanism called Mindsponge serves as the theoretical basis. Bayesian analysis with the Hamiltonian MCMC technique (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) was run on a dataset of multinational students (N = 268) in an international university in Japan. Item 9 in the PHQ-9 was used to survey suicidal ideation in students. The associations among four main variables, namely (i) suicidal ideation, (ii) help-seeking willingness (informal and formal sources), (iii) social connectedness, and (iv) being an international student, were tested in four models. Social connectedness is negatively associated with suicidal ideation (μ_(ToSC_Suicide) = -0.13 and σ_(ToSC_Suicide) = 0.02), but when the interaction with international students is added, the social connectedness’s effect on suicidal ideation becomes less impactful (μ_(ToSC*Inter_Dom_Suicide) = 0.01 and σ_(ToSC*Inter_Dom_Suicide) = 0.01). Social connectedness on help-seeking behavior among international students is also negative (μ_(ToSC*Inter_Dom_InformalHelp) = -0.01 and σ_(ToSC*Inter_Dom_InformalHelp) = 0.01). Meanwhile, informal help is negatively associated with suicide (μ_(InformalHelp_Suicide) = -0.51 and σ_(InformalHelp_Suicide) = 0.11) whereas formal help is positive (μ_(FormalHelp_Suicide) = 0.08 and σ_(FormalHelp_Suicide) = 0.10). The findings support our assumption on three fundamental conditions for preventing suicidal thoughts: (i) a high degree of belongingness, (ii) accessibility to help-related information, and (iii) healthy perceived cultural responses towards mental health. The implications are clear: to effectively tackle suicidal ideation among students, and broadly in other populations, requires a set of systematically coordinated programs.

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Bayesian analysis for social data: A step-by-step protocol and interpretation

Cited by 94 publications

References 9 publications

Evaluation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: The international collaboration trilemma in interdisciplinary research

Evaluation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: The international collaboration trilemma in interdisciplinary research

Adopting open access in the social sciences and humanities: evidence from a developing nation

Alice in Suicideland: Exploring the Suicidal Ideation Mechanism through the Sense of Connectedness and Help-Seeking Behaviors

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