Reproducibility and Replicability Knowledge

 

Boas práticas em ciência

Reprodutibilidade e replicabilidade de estudos científicos. Randomização, cegamento, planejamento amostral e pré-registro de projeto. Diferença entre estudos exploratórios e confirmatórios, P hacking, HARKing e double dipping. Práticas de …

Can a Good Theory Be Built Using Bad Ingredients?

The replication crisis threatens to seriously impact theory development in the cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences. We canvas three desiderata of scientific theories (explanation, prediction, and unification) and argue that the extent to which …

Change starts with journal editors: In response to Makel (2014).

The editors of the Journal of Advanced Academics comment on Makel (2014). The replicability crisis in psychology is summarized in terms of three focal issues: the “file drawer” problem, lack of replication studies, and the null hypothesis …

Chaos in the brickyard

A paper about open science and novelty

Choosing prediction over explanation in psychology: Lessons from machine learning.

Psychology has historically been concerned, first and foremost, with explaining the causal mechanisms that give rise to behavior. Randomized, tightly controlled experiments are enshrined as the gold standard of psychological research, and there are …

Claims about scientific rigour require rigour

Protzko et al.1 describe a project in which internal tests of pilot-tested hypotheses and independent replications embraced “rigour-enhancing practices” such as confirmatory tests, large sample sizes, preregistration and methodological transparency. …

CONSORT statement adherence and risk of bias in randomized controlled trials on deep caries management: a meta-research

Background Recently, trials have supported changes in deep caries management. However, reporting might lack details, affecting interpretation and implementation. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the adherence to the CONSORT statement and the risk of bias …

Constraints on generality statements are needed to define direct replication

Whether or not a replication attempt counts as “direct” often cannot be determined definitively after the fact as a result of flexibility in how procedural differences are interpreted. Specifying constraints on generality in original articles can …

Correcting for Bias in Psychology: A Comparison of Meta-Analytic Methods

Publication bias and questionable research practices in primary research can lead to badly overestimated effects in meta-analysis. Methodologists have proposed a variety of statistical approaches to correct for such overestimation. However, it is not …

Course on Open Science 101

These lectures and tutorials introduce students to the scientific process and open research practices, in order to ensure that psychological research is as rigorous, transparent and, ultimately, as reproducible as possible. We also consider …
JUST-OS