This course will examine current controversies and new developments in research methods in psychology. The goal of the course is to learn to think critically about how psychological science is conducted and how conclusions are drawn. We will cover …
Psychological science is in the midst of a “credibility crisis” in which its practitioners re-examine their practices and re-define what constitutes study rigor. Replication studies have formed a critical role in motivating this sense of crisis – a …
In psychological science, replicability—repeating a study with a new sample achieving consistent results (Parsons et al., 2022)—is critical for affirming the validity of scientific findings. Despite its importance, replication efforts are few and far …
A free teaching activity for evaluating AI literature-search assistants through repeated use rather than one polished response. Learners run the same scholarly-search task three times, preserve visible sources, log test conditions and access …
The Open Lab platform empowers researchers to collect rich datasets by combining lab.js tasks with Open Lab's own study-building logic and participant-management system: lab.js provides the interactive tasks and surveys, while Open Lab adds the study …
SMAAT (Sensor-based Mobile Application for Assessment and Tracking) lets you design studies, schedule experience sampling, and collect encrypted survey and sensor data from iOS and Android participants — with real-time compliance dashboards, …
This student-led replication study tested the negativity bias hypothesis, the idea that people react more strongly to negative than positive news, using a preregistered, well-powered design in the Netherlands. It replicated key findings from Soroka …
To provide educators with an example of how they can draw resources from FORRT’s educational nexus to integrate open scholarship into their teaching, FORRT has developed an Open and Reproducible Science 101 syllabus.