p-hacking

[Glenn Hampson]

In case you haven’t seen this yet, here’s a fantastic article from today’s New York Times about replicability and p-hacking in psychology--- http://nyti.ms/2zzIVDU. The article covers a lot of ground about the history of this issue. It’s very readable but long---you’ll need to set aside 30 minutes to get through it. Kudos to the author, Susan Dominus.

 

Does anyone know if other fields are being affected by the replicability crisis or are most of the falling dominoes in the social sciences? There have been suggestions here and there that a lot of science might be vulnerable, but is anything large scale happening to address this inside or outside of psychology (teams in each field or discipline that are re-examining foundational work, raising funds for this kind of work, etc.). Sorry for being poorly informed here. I know COS is in this space, but there’s a lot of science to cover.

 

Best,

 

Glenn

 

Glenn Hampson
Executive Director
Science Communication Institute (SCI)
Program Director
Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)

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[Schultz, Jack C.]

While it varies among disciplines, this is a widespread concern that is getting increasing attention.  Justifiably, too, IMHO.

Jack Schultz

 

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Subject: p-hacking

 

In case you haven’t seen this yet, here’s a fantastic article from today’s New York Times about replicability and p-hacking in psychology--- http://nyti.ms/2zzIVDU. The article covers a lot of ground about the history of this issue. It’s very readable but long---you’ll need to set aside 30 minutes to get through it. Kudos to the author, Susan Dominus.

 

Does anyone know if other fields are being affected by the replicability crisis or are most of the falling dominoes in the social sciences? There have been suggestions here and there that a lot of science might be vulnerable, but is anything large scale happening to address this inside or outside of psychology (teams in each field or discipline that are re-examining foundational work, raising funds for this kind of work, etc.). Sorry for being poorly informed here. I know COS is in this space, but there’s a lot of science to cover.

 

Best,

 

Glenn

 

Glenn Hampson
Executive Director
Science Communication Institute (SCI)
Program Director
Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI)

2320 N 137th Street | Seattle, WA 98133
(206) 417-3607 | gham...@nationalscience.org | nationalscience.org

 

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