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R. Chris Fraley Imagine that you’re a young graduate student who has just completed a research project. You think the results are exciting and that they have the potential to advance the field in a number of ways. You would … Continue reading →

By Lee Jussim Science is about “getting it right” – this is so obvious that it should go without saying. However, there are many obstacles to doing so, some relatively benign (an honestly conducted study produces a quirky result), others … Continue reading →

Brent W. Roberts My tweet, “Failure to replicate hurting your career? What about PhDs with no career because they were honest” was taken by some as a personal attack on Dr. Schnall.  It was not and I apologize to Dr. … Continue reading →

By R. Chris Fraley In her commentary on the Johnson, Cheung, and Donnellan (2014) replication attempt, Schnall (2014) writes that the analyses reported in the Johnson et al. (2014) paper “are invalid and allow no conclusions about the reproducibility of … Continue reading →

By Brent W. Roberts In a recent blog post, I argued that the Deathly Hallows of Psychological Science—p values < .05, experiments, and counter-intuitive findings—represent the combination of factors that are most highly valued by our field and are the … Continue reading →

We recently read Karg et al (2011) for a local reading group.  It is one of the many of attempts to meta-analytically examine the idea that the 5-HTTLPR serotonin transporter polymorphism moderates the effect of stress on depression. It drove … Continue reading →

by R. Chris Fraley Stroebe and Strack (2014) recently argued that the current crisis regarding replication in psychological science has been greatly exaggerated. They observed that there are multiple replications of classic social/behavioral priming findings in social psychology. Moreover, they … Continue reading →

The Pre-Publication Transparency Checklist: A Small Step Toward Increasing the Believability of Psychological Science  We now know that some of the well-accepted practices of psychological science do not produce reliable knowledge. For example, widely accepted but questionable research practices contribute … Continue reading →

I recently saw an article by an astute reporter that described one of our colleagues as a researcher who “…has made a career out of finding data….” Finding data. What a lush expression.  In this case, as it seems always … Continue reading →