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Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
AMPPS is the APS journal devoted to innovative developments in research methods and practices across the full range of areas and topics within psychological science. [More]
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2019 Workshops
The APS Annual Convention includes these extended educational sessions that offer attendees the opportunity to learn research methods and techniques from prominent psychological scientists. [More]
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Insights From High-Risk Fields Can Help Minimize Mistakes in the Lab
In an article published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, researcher Jeffrey Rouder of the University of California, Irvine and colleagues use principles drawn from high-risk fields to propose best practices for minimizing mundane mistakes in psychology labs… More
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How to Maintain Data Quality When You Can’t See Your Participants
Online data collection makes recruiting study participants faster and easier, but at what cost? Psychological scientist Jennifer Rodd of University College London outlines the steps researchers should take to manage the uncertainty inherent in remote experimentation… More
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The Importance of Cultural Context: Expanding Interpretive Power in Psychological Science
Psychological research relies heavily on homogenous samples and settings, but there are many ways that the field can include more cultural considerations in the exploration of human emotions, cognition, and behavior, says APS Fellow Yuichi Shoda and colleagues Laura Brady and Stephanie Fryberg… More
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Studying People in Their Local Environments
An RV-style mobile lab is helping Cornell University researchers, including psychological scientist Neil Lewis, Jr., study hard-to-reach populations in their home settings. [More]
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Research Preregistration 101
Psychological Science Editor in Chief D. Stephen Lindsay, Clinical Psychological Science Editor Scott O. Lilienfeld, and APS Fellow Daniel J. Simons explain the rationale for and benefits of preregistration, for researchers and for the field of psychological science at large. [More]
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New Tools for Designing Powerful Studies
Psychological scientists offer open-source tools to help researchers ensure their studies are adequately powered… More
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How Researchers Can Find Different Results Using the Same Data
How much variation is there when different researchers analyze the same data? Quite a bit, according to a study published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.… More
APS Methodology Center
Articles, tutorials, and other resources for enhancing research methods and practices.