Reproducibility Crisis and Credibility Revolution

The rules of the game called psychological science

If science were a game, a dominant rule would probably be to collect results that are statistically significant. Several reviews of the psychological literature have shown that around 96% of papers involving the use of null hypothesis significance …

The State of Social and Personality Science: Rotten to the Core, Not So Bad, Getting Better, or Getting Worse?

The scientific quality of social and personality psychology has been debated at great length in recent years. Despite research on the prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and the replicability of particular findings, the impact of the …

The value of direct replication.

Reproducibility is the cornerstone of science. If an effect is reliable, any competent researcher should be able to obtain it when using the same procedures with adequate statistical power. Two of the articles in this special section question the …

Theoretical risks and tabular asterisks: Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology.

Theories in "soft" areas of psychology (e.g., clinical, counseling, social, personality, school, and community) lack the cumulative character of scientific knowledge because they tend neither to be refuted nor corroborated, but instead merely fade …

Theory-Testing in Psychology and Physics: A Methodological Paradox

Because physical theories typically predict numerical values, an improvement in experimental precision reduces the tolerance range and hence increases corroborability. In most psychological research, improved power of a statistical design leads to a …

Tópicos Especiais em Biotecnologia: Planejamento e Otimização de Experimentos

A crise de confiança na ciência. Práticas e condutas questionáveis na pesquisa. Delineamento experimental adequado. Definição de variáveis. Armadilhas à validade. Cálculo amostral. Transparência na pesquisa. Pré-registro. Dados e código aberto.

Topics in Social Psychology and Personality

This seminar class will focus on the theme of Reproducibility in Social Psychology. We will discuss issues surrounding open science as well as the “replication crisis” in social psychology.

Tracking replicability as a method of post-publication open evaluation

Recent reports have suggested that many published results are unreliable. To increase the reliability and accuracy of published papers, multiple changes have been proposed, such as changes in statistical methods. We support such reforms. However, we …

Transparent science: A more credible, reproducible, and publishable way to do science

This is an exciting time to be a psychological scientist. There is a major new movement that seeks to promote the credibility and replicability of psychological research by enhancing its transparency, with scholarly societies promoting the principles …

Trust your science? Open your data and code.

A paper about Open Your Data and Code