Conceptual and Statistical Knowledge

 

Interpreting effect sizes: Toward a quantitative cumulative social psychology

Improved research practice is based on estimation of effect sizes rather than statistical significance. We discuss the challenging task of interpreting effect sizes in the research context, with particular attention to social psychological research. …

Intro to the special issue

A paper about a special issue on cognitive modelling

Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis, First Edition: A Regression-Based Approach (Methodology in the Social Sciences)

Explaining the fundamentals of mediation and moderation analysis, this engaging book also shows how to integrate the two using an innovative strategy known as conditional process analysis. Procedures are described for testing hypotheses about the …

Introduction to Meta-Analysis

A book about meta analyses

Introduction to simulations

Introduction to simulation - first of a series of short lectures given at University of Oxford in February 2021. Very basic for those with little or no background, starting with simulation in Excel. In part 1, we simulate random data to show how easy …

Is replication possible in qualitative research? A response to Makel et al. (2022)

There has been much debate in recent years about how open research practices, which have been promoted in efforts to improve research robustness, may (not) be appropriate for qualitative methodologies, particularly in educational research. Among …

Is the call to abandon p-values the red herring of the replicability crisis?

A paper about Is the call to abandon p-values the red herring of the replicability crisis?

Is There a Free Lunch in Inference?

The field of psychology, including cognitive science, is vexed by a crisis of confidence. Although the causes and solutions are varied, we focus here on a common logical problem in inference. The default mode of inference is significance testing, …

It’s time to join the conversation: Visions of the Future for Qualitative Transparency and Openness in Management and Organisation Studies

The social sciences continue to move towards more open and transparent research practices. However, these changes have been driven by researchers outside of management and organisational studies and are primarily designed with quantitative methods in …

JPA Promotes Open Science

The scientific endeavor is one in which the capacity to replicatefindings is a foundational tenant. It is unfortunate that therehave been a number of highly publicized cases over the pastdecade of scientists who have not practiced science with …