dr. R. (Rink) Hoekstra

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1996-2003                  Bachelor and Master Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen.

1995-2003                  Bachelor and Master Psychology, University of Groningen.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2024 - present:            Associate professor (UHD2) at the Groningen Institute for Educational Research at the University of Groningen.

2022- present:             Managing director of the Stichting voor Pedagogisch Onderwijs (SPO)

2016 – 2024:               Assistant professor (UD1) at the Groningen Institute for Educational Research at the University of Groningen.

 2013 – 2016:              Assistant professor (UD2) at the Groningen Institute for Educational Research at the University of Groningen.

2008- 2013                 Teacher/researcher at the Groningen Institute for Educational Research at the University of Groningen (GION). Coordinator for the three statistics courses in the curriculum for the bachelor Pedagogy and Educational Sciences. Responsible for the structure of the educational curriculum of the methodology and statistics courses in the bachelor. Member of the Faculty Council from 2009 - 2013.

2007 – 2008:               Teacher at the department of Psychology at the University of Groningen. Coordinator for two introductory statistics courses, and partly responsible for a more advanced multivariate statistics course.

2005 – present:           Responsible as a freelance teacher for a course on multivariate statistics and an introductory psychology course at the foundation for pedagogical education (SPO).

2003 – 2007:               Ph. D student at the University of Groningen. In 2009 the doctoral thesis “The use and usability of inferential techniques” was defended successfully.

2000 – 2002:               Teaching assistant for eight courses at the University of Groningen. These include courses on statistics, introductory psychology, physiology and interviewing skills.

ARTICLES

Wintle, B. C., Smith, E., Bush, M., Mody, F., Wilkinson, D. P., Hanea, A., Marcoci, A., Fraser, H., Hemming, V., Singleton Thorn, F., McBride, M., Gould, E., Head, A., Hamilton, D. G., Kambouris, S., Rumpff, L., Hoekstra, R., Burgman, M. A., & Fidler, F. (in press). Predicting and reasoning about replicability using structured groups. Royal Society Open Science.

Bago, B., Aczel, B., Hoekstra, R., …. Chartier, C. (2022). Moral thinking across the world: Exploring the influence of personal force and intention in moral dilemma judgments. Nature Human Behaviour, 10.1038/s41562‐022‐01319‐5.

Meijer, H., Hoekstra, R., Brouwer, J., & Strijbos, J. W (2022). Exploring construct and consequential validity of collaborative learning assessment in higher education. Small Group Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221095545.

Kovacs, M., van Ravenzwaaij, D, Hoekstra, R., & Aczel, B. (2022). SampleSizePlanner: A Tool to Estimate and Justify Sample Size for Two-Group Studies. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(1), 25152459211054059.

Hoekstra, R., & Vazire, S. (2021). Intellectual humility is central to science: Nature Human Behaviour. 1-6. Doi: 10.31234/osf.io/edh2s

Wagenmakers, E-J., Sarafoglou, A., Aarts, S., Albers, C. J., Algermissen, J., Bahnik, S., Van Dongen, N., Hoekstra, R., Moreau, D., Van Ravenzwaaij, D., Sluga, A., Stanke, F., tendeiro, J., Aczel, B. (2021). Seven Steps Toward More Transparency in Statistical Practice. Nature Human Behaviour. 5, 1473–1480.

Kovacs, M., Hoekstra, R., & Aczel, B. (2021). The Role of Human Fallibility in Psychological Research: A Survey of Mistakes in Data Management. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 4(4), 25152459211045930.

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Nilsonne, G., van den Akker, O. R., Albers, C. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Bastiaansen, J. A., Benjamin, D., Boehm, U., Botvinik-Nezer, R., Bringmann, L. F., Busch, N. A., Caruyer, E., Cataldo, A. M., Cowan, N., Delios, A., van Dongen, N. N. N., Donkin, C., van Doorn, J. B., Dreber, A., Dutilh, G., Egan, G. F., Gernsbacher, M. A., Hoekstra, R., Hoffmann, S., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., Jonas, K. J., Kindel, A. T., Kirchler, M., Kunkels, Y. K., Lindsay, D. S., Mangin, J.-F., Matzke, D., Munafo, M. R., Newell, B. R., Nosek, B. A., Poldrack, R. A., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Rieskamp, J., Salganik, M. J., Sarafoglou, A., Schonberg, T., Schweinsberg, M., Shanks, D., Silberzahn, R., Simons, D. J., Spellman, B. A., St-Jean, S., Starns, J. J., Uhlmann, E. L., Wicherts, J., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2021). Science Forum: Consensus-based guidance for conducting and reporting multi-analyst studies. eLife.10. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72185

Haucke, M., Hoekstra, R., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2021). When numbers fail: Do researchers agree on operationalisation of published research? Royal Society Open Science, 8, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191354.

Muradchanian, J., Hoekstra, R., Kiers, H. A. L., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2021). How Best to Quantify Replication Success? A Simulation Study on the Comparison of Replication Success Metrics. Royal Society Open Science, 8.  https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201697

Haucke, M., Miosga, J., Hoekstra, R., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2021). Bayesian frequentists: Examining the paradox between what researchers can conclude versus what they want to conclude from statistical results. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1).

Pittelkow, M. M., Hoekstra, R., Karsten, J., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2021). Replication crisis in clinical Psychology: A Bayesian and qualitative re-evaluation. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 28(2), 210.

Aczel, B., Hoekstra, R., Gelman, A., Wagenmakers, E.-J., Klugkist, I. G., Rouder, J., Vandekerckhove, J., Lee, M., Morey, R., Vanpaemel, W., Dienes, Z., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2020). Discussion Points for Bayesian Inference. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 561-563.

Hamilton, D. G., Fraser, H., Hoekstra, R., & Fidler, F. (2020). Meta-Research: Journal policies and editors’ opinions on peer review. Elife, 9, e62529. Doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62529.sa2

Field, S. M., Wagenmakers, E. J., Kiers, H. A., Hoekstra, R., Ernst, A. F., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2020). The effect of preregistration on trust in empirical research findings: Results of a registered report. Royal Society Open Science, 7(4), https://doi-org.proxy-ub.rug.nl/10.1098/rsos.181351

Meijer, H., Hoekstra, R., Brouwer, J., & Strijbos, J. W (2020). Unfolding collaborative learning assessment literacy: a reflection on current assessment methods in higher education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 45(8), 1222–1240. doi:10.1080/02602938.2020.1729696

Te Meerman, S., Batstra, L., Freedman, J. E., Hoekstra, R., & Grietens, H. (2020). ADHD and brain anatomy: What do academic textbooks used in the Netherlands tell students?. Children & society, 34(2), 136-150.

Hoekstra, R., Vugteveen, J., Warrens, M. J., & Kruyen, P. M. (2019). An empirical analysis of alleged misunderstandings of coefficient alpha. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(4), 351-364.

van Dongen, N. N., van Doorn, J. B., Gronau, Q. F., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Hoekstra, R., Haucke, M. N., ... & Gelman, A. (2019). Multiple perspectives on inference for two simple statistical scenarios. The American Statistician, 73(sup1), 328-339.

Field, S. M., Hoekstra, R., Bringmann, L., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2019). When and Why to Replicate: As Easy as 1, 2, 3?. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1).

Klitzing, N., Hoekstra, R., & Strijbos, J. W. (2019). Literature practices: Processes leading up to a citation. Journal of Documentation. 75(1), 62-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2018-0047.

Ernst, A. F., Hoekstra, R, Wagenmakers, E.J., Gelman, A., & van Ravenzwaaij, D. (2017). Do researchers anchor beliefs on the outcome of an initial study? A proposal for testing the time-reversal heuristic.  Experimental Psychology.

Vugteveen, J., Boevé, A., & Hoekstra, R. (2017). Studying the effectiveness of a flipped classroom: the struggles of a field study. In SAGE Research Methods Cases.

Boevé, A. J., Meijer, R. R., Bosker, R. J., Vugteveen, J., Hoekstra, R., & Albers, C. J. (2016). Implementing the flipped Classroom: An exploration of study behaviour and student performance. Higher Education. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0104-y.

Te Meerman, S., Batstra, L., Hoekstra, R. & Grietens, H. (2017) Study books on ADHD genetics: balanced or biased? International journal of qualitative studies into health and well-being.

Blik, H., Harskamp, E. G., van Leeuwen, S. & Hoekstra, R (2017). Video instruction with explanation to another person for intellectually disabled students. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.

Morey, R. D., Hoekstra, R., Rouder, J. N., & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2016). Continued misinterpretation of confidence intervals: response to Miller and Ulrich. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 23(1), 131-140.

Morey, R. D., Hoekstra, R., Rouder, J. N., Lee, M. D., & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2016). The Fallacy of Placing Confidence in Confidence Intervals. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, doi: 10.3758/s13423-015-0947-8

Blik, H., Naayer, H.M., Van Leeuwen. S., & Hoekstra, R. (2015). Docenttraining Interactieve Instructie. Verandering van het lesgeven en de zelfstandige taakuitvoering van moeilijk lerenden. Pedagogische Studiën, 92, 290-307

Hoekstra, R. (2015). Risk as an Explanatory Factor for Researchers’ Inferential Interpretations. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 12(1), 103-112.

Hoekstra, R., Morey, R. D., Rouder, J. & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2014). Robust Misinterpretation of Confidence Intervals. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21, 1157-1164.

Hoekstra, R., Johnson, A., & Kiers, H. A. L. (2012). Confidence Intervals Make a Difference: Effects of Presentation Mode on Inferential Reasoning. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 72, 1039-1052.

Hoekstra, R., Kiers, H. A. L.  & Johnson, A. (2012). Are assumptions of well-known statistical techniques checked, and why (not)? Frontiers in Psychology, 3, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00137.

Olani, A., Harskamp, E. G., Hoekstra, R., & Van der Werf, M. P. C. (2011). The roles of self-efficacy and perceived teacher support in the acquisition of statistical reasoning abilities: a path analysis. Educational Research and Evaluation, 16, 517-528

Olani, A., Hoekstra, R., Harskamp, E., & Van der Werf, G. (2011). Statistical reasoning ability, self-efficacy, and value beliefs in a reform based university statistics course. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 9, 49 -72.

Hoekstra, R., Finch, S., Kiers, H.A.L., & Johnson, A. (2006). Probability as certainty: Dichotomous thinking and the misuse of p-values, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 1033–1037.

GRANTS

Back to Bayesics: Using Bayes Factors as a Tool for Establishing Studies in Need of Replication. D.van Ravenzwaaij & R. Hoekstra (2017). Interdisciplinary PhD-call. (€180.000,-).

Zelfstandigheid en metacognitie bij goede rekenaars (2012). A. Jacobse  & R. Hoekstra (€40.000,-).

RECENT  INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Use and misuse of statistical techniques. Workshop: Über die Produktion von Konfliktwissen in der Ethnologie. Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (2017).

Use and misuse of statistics. Workshop at the EARLI Pre-conference, Maastricht (2016).

Confidence intervals: solution or yet another problem? Tilburg University (2016).

Good research practices, The (alleged?) role of statistics. PhD-day Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Groningen (2015).

Effect size: who cares? Poster presentation at the seminar “Improving Scientific Practice: Dealing with the Human Factors”, Amsterdam (2014).