Category: Replication

Science is vital and it is also big business.  In the U.S., one of the biggest founders of scientific research is the National Institute of Health (NIH).  As the NIH writes the checks, you can imagine that it finds the reproducibility crisis to be very troubling.  To help fix these problems, the NIH has launched a new initiative to increase the rigor and reproducibility of the research it funds.   Readers of ITNS will find many of the NIH recommendations familiar; they include data sharing, full disclosure of exclusions, better planning for sample sizes, and more.  You can check out the initiative here, including some nice videos the NIH made to explain some important research practices:

https://www.nih.gov/research-training/rigor-reproducibility/publications

 

Here’s a video of a talk Bob gave to first-year honors students about the replication crisis and what lessons it might have for their own lives.    Enjoy!

Registered replication reports are a new initiative sponsored by the APS where labs around the world collaborate to conduct a large-scale, precise replication of an important finding in psychology.  The really cool thing about these projects is that they are perfect for undergraduate researchers.  A lead lab develops the protocol and training materials that will ensure each lab replicates the desired protocol precisely.  Interested labs apply to take part and commit to collecting a sample of a specific size within a certain time frame.

Here is a call to participate in an RRP that will examine “professor priming” (we’re not going to explain what that is, click the link to find out).  Hurry, the deadline for applying to participate is September 9.

“Professor Priming” Focus of APS Registered Replication Report Project