Psychology’s Increased Rigor Is Good News. But Is It Only Good News?
We should have greater confidence than before that findings we read about in journals will replicate. What’s good about this is evident. But do we pay a price for increased rigor?
We should have greater confidence than before that findings we read about in journals will replicate. What’s good about this is evident. But do we pay a price for increased rigor?
Richard Thaler corrects the record on organ donation, reveals why he wished the original subtitle included the phrase “choice architecture,” his thoughts on replication in behavioral economics, and what advice he’d give organizations looking to apply behavioral science.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for September 2021.
In his new book, Stuart Ritchie reveals how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype have pulled our scientific systems further and further away from our ideals, but also how we can use science to reclaim them.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for September 2020.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for May 2020.
In the fall issue of Public Opinion Quarterly in 1949, sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld pulled one of my favorite social science head fakes of all time.
Don’t be tempted to rewrite research history. Registered reports can help you design and evaluate studies with guards against changing the story once the results come in.
The marketing world demonstrates how a failure to replicate opens new windows into human behavior.
Is a preoccupation with biases hindering behavioral economics?