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Making Replications Mainstream: It Takes a Research Community
Just in case you missed it, the latest issue of Behavioral and Brain Sciences includes an article by Rolf Zwaan, Alexander Etz, Richard Lucas, and Brent Donnellan entitled “Making Replications Mainstream”. It is something of a tour-de-force by four prominent…
Read MoreThe Truth is Out There. It’s Just Not Very Likely.
[From the paper, “Perceived Crisis and Reforms: Issues, Explanations, and Remedies”, authored by Paul De Boeck and Minjeong Jeon, published in the July issue of Psychological Bulletin] “…we believe that the OSC [Open Science Collaboration] study allows us to obtain…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: NY Times (July 16, 2018)
[From the article “Psychology Itself Is Under Scrutiny” by Benedict Carey, published in the NY Times] “The urge to pull down statues extends well beyond the public squares of nations in turmoil. Lately it has been stirring the air in…
Read MorePre-Registration? Meet Publication Bias
[From the blog post, “What Is Preregistration For?” by Neuroskeptic, published at Discover Magazine] “The paper reports on five studies which all address the same general question. Of these, Study #3 was preregistered and the authors write that it was performed after…
Read MoreNot So Sure Anymore About that Paper You Published? Maybe the Loss of Confidence Project Is For You.
[From the blog post, “Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes. A New Project Wants to Change That.” by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, published at Undark] “IN SEPTEMBER 2016, the psychologist Dana Carney came forward with a confession: She no longer believed the findings of…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: Wall Street Journal (June 19, 2018)
[From the opinion article, “Undergrads Can Improve Psychology” by Russell Warne and Jordan Wagge, published at http://www.wsj.com%5D “A lot of what we think we know about human psychology is bunk. That’s because experimental psychology has a “replication crisis”: Too many…
Read MoreGelman Post on “Failure of Failure to Replicate” a Great Read
Andrew Gelman had a great post yesterday that highlights a major issue — a really major issue — with replication. The problem is, there is no commonly accepted definition of what a “replication” is. Even when a definition is provided,…
Read MoreJournal of Economic Psychology Calls for Papers for Special Replication Issue
[From the website of the Journal of Economic Psychology announcing a special issue on “Replications in Economic Psychology and Behavioral Economics”] “In this special issue, we aim to contribute to ongoing efforts in both disciplines to test the replicability of…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: Buzzfeed (April 4, 2018)
[From the article, “Hundreds of Researchers Are Trying to Replicate High-Profile Psychology Studies” by Stephanie M. Lee in Buzzfeed] “More than 400 psychologists worldwide are teaming up to fight a looming problem in their field: headline-making research that doesn’t hold up.”…
Read MoreLEBEL: Curate Science – 2017 Year in Review and Upcoming Plans for 2018
Curate Science (CurateScience.org) is an online platform to track, organize, and interpret replications of published findings in the social sciences, with a current focus on the psychology literature. We had a very productive year in 2017. Here are some highlights…
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