Psychological science from 'publish or perish' to 'trust but verify'
Keljanović Anđela D. · 2021 · Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
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“It was soon followed by the report of a series of nine studies that failed to replicate the 'professor's study'.”
Abstract
At the time when social psychologists believed they could be proud of their discipline, there was the devastating news that Diederik Stapel had committed a major scientific fraud. This event coincided with the start of the discussion on trust in psychological findings. It was soon followed by the report of a series of nine studies that failed to replicate the 'professor's study'. These replication results were astounding due to earlier reports of successful replications. Due to the crisis of confidence in the results of field research, the Open Science Collaboration subsequently replicated 100
Abstract by Keljanović Anđela D., Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini (2021) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.5937/zrffp51-24851