Replication

Forcing a Deterministic Frame on Probabilistic Phenomena: A Communication Blind Spot in Media Coverage of the “Replication Crisis''

The current controversy surrounding research replication in biomedical and psychosocial sciences often overlooks the uncertainties surrounding both the original and replication studies. Overemphasizing single attempts as definitive replication …

Getting Involved with TOP Factor

This webinar provides an overview of TOP Factor: its rationale, how it is being used, and how each of the TOP standards relate to individual scores. We also cover how to get involved with TOP Factor by inviting interested community members to suggest …

Incorporating ecological momentary assessment into multimethod investigations of cognitive aging: Promise and practical considerations

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) represents a promising approach to study cognitive aging. In contrast to laboratory-based studies, EMA involves the repeated sampling of experiences in daily life contexts, enabling investigators to gain access …

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 …

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 …

Kinds of replication

In their article ‘Self-correction in science: The diagnostic and integrative motives for replication‘, David Peterson and Aaron Panofsky (2021) distinguish two kinds of replication: diagnostic and integrative replication. In this blog post we discuss …

Mitigating Illusory Results through Preregistration in Education

Like performance-enhancing drugs inflating apparent athletic achievements, several common social science practices contribute to the production of illusory results. In this article, we examine the processes that lead to illusory findings and describe …

Perspectives: Replication is more than meets the eye

Drawing on recent research and debates in social sciences, this paper situates replication in an advertising research context. We clarify the role of replication in the field and outline the challenges inherent in replication studies in advertising …

Preregistering, transparency, and large samples boost psychology studies’ replication rate to nearly 90%

So-called “rigor-enhancing practices” suggest behavioral science can be reliable—but not everyone is convinced.

Registered Replication Reports in the Classroom

Background: Registered Reports are an emerging publication format, which emphasizes methodological rigor over results. Integrating this format into education allows one to teach research skills when data collection is infeasible. Objective: To …