Sexual identity labels and meanings have been expanding. We explore how sexual identities are taking shape, intertwining, emerging in new forms among a growing number of LGBTQ+ people (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or whose outside the historically privileged dominant groups heterosexual identities). situate contemporary theories social construction identity, in...

This paper discusses the role of theoretical notions in making predictions and evaluating statistical models. The core idea of the paper is that such theoretical notions can be spelled out in terms of priors over statistical models, and that such priors can themselves be assigned probabilities. The discussion substantiates the claim that the use of theoretical notions may offer specific empiric...

In this editorial, we present general principles as well specific notions that guide the strategy of JAMES′ editors in realizing journal's mission.