Open Science

Introducing Open Science in Teaching Health Economic Modelling

Open Science is gaining ground in all research fields, including health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). However, teaching Open Science is still in its infancy. This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a teaching …

Introducing the National Open Research Training Programme

In this blog post, Dr Dermot Lynott, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University, and Lead Investigator on the NORF-funded National Open Research Training Programme introduces the work of the project and its overall goals for open …

Introduction to Open Science principles and practices (in Health Economics)

This series of lecture slides were used during the "Advanced Simulation for Health Economic Analysis" course at the University of Twente, which took place in February - May 2023. The following Open Science topics were introduced to the course …

Investigating Variation in Replicability: A “Many Labs” Replication Project

Although replication is a central tenet of science, direct replications are rare in psychology. This research tested variation in the replicability of 13 classic and contemporary effects across 36 independent samples totaling 6,344 participants. In …

Investigation and its discontents: Some constraints on progress in psychological research.

Examines several prominent trends in the conduct of psychological research and considers how they may limit progress in the field. Failure to appreciate important differences in temperament among researchers, and differences in the particular talents …

Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2012). Why science is not necessarily self-correcting. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 645-654.

The ability to self-correct is considered a hallmark of science. However, self-correction does not always happen to scientific evidence by default. The trajectory of scientific credibility can fluctuate over time, both for defined scientific fields …

Is Psychology Suffering From a Replication Crisis? What Does “Failure to Replicate” Really Mean?

Psychology has recently been viewed as facing a replication crisis because efforts to replicate past study findings frequently do not show the same result. Often, the first study showed a statistically significant result but the replication does not. …

Is the replicability crisis overblown? Three arguments examined

We discuss three arguments voiced by scientists who view the current outpouring of concern about replicability as overblown. The first idea is that the adoption of a low alpha level (e.g., 5%) puts reasonable bounds on the rate at which errors can …

Is there a credibility crisis in strategic management research? Evidence on the reproducibility of study findings

Recent studies report an inability to replicate previously published research, leading some to suggest that scientific knowledge is facing a credibility crisis. In this essay, we provide evidence on whether strategic management research may itself be …

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, …