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Quality Shines When Scientists Use Publishing Tactic Known as Registered Reports, Study Finds
In 2013, the journals Cortex, Social Psychology, and Perspectives on Psychological Science launched a groundbreaking publishing format—called a registered report—that they hoped would solve several problems worsened by conventional publishing practices. One issue was that many journals declined to publish
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Despite Stronger Vetting and Sampling, Certain Psychological Research Results Elude Replication
A new series of replication attempts found that increasing sample size and peer review did not increase replicability.
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Despite Stronger Vetting and Sampling, Certain Psychological Research Results Elude Replication
A new series of replication attempts that accounted for possible earlier shortcomings also fell short, suggesting other variables are thwarting replication in certain cases.
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It Doesn’t Take a Scientist To See Through Implausible Research
In reviewing key findings from the social-science literature, laypeople were able to accurately predict replication success 59% of the time.
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How’s That? It Doesn’t Take a Scientist to See Through Implausible Research Hypotheses
In reviewing key findings from the social-science literature, laypeople were able to accurately predict replication success 59% of the time.
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MTurk Workers Are More Depressed—But “Bots” and Demographic Differences Inflate the Data
MTurk participants have been found to experience major depression at higher rates than the general population, but these studies may require more stringent data-filtering procedures.
