This week, Richard Morey et al.’s PRO (Peer Reviewer Openness) Initiative launched, the revamped version of their Agenda for Open Research. The PRO Initiative is a laudable step by a group of devoted Open Science proponents to make our science more transparent. And for good reason – science should be open, and accessible to everyone. Continue Reading
The Feel Good Song Formula
Update 22/9/2016 I see the Feel Good Formula has been getting some attention again! Since last year, we have repeated this study in a Dutch sample, but now with a continuous rating (i.e. “How ‘feel good’ is this song on a scale from 1-100?”) That allows for a far better statistical model. Fortunately, the results Continue Reading
Within-subject designs in social priming – my attempts
TL;DR summary: it’s perfectly possible to do a within-subject design for ‘social’ priming. This is going to be an attempt at a more serious post, about some actual research I have done. Moreover, I really need to get back into writing mode after summer leave. Just starting cold turkey on the >7 manuscripts still waiting Continue Reading
The Open Data Pitfall II – Now With Data
Yesterday I wrote something on why I think providing unrestricted access data from psychological experiments, as advocated by some, is not a good idea. Today I was in the opportunity to actually collect some data surrounding this issue, from the people who are neglected in this discussion: the participants. I have used Mentimeter to ask Continue Reading
The pitfalls of open data
TL;DR summary: some data can be made publicly available without any problems. A lot of data, however, cannot. Therefore, unrestricted sharing should not be the default. In stead, all data could be hosted on institutional repositories to which researchers can get access upon request to the institution. Data is an essential part of research, and Continue Reading
A quick comment to my previous post
Well, my previous blogpost was poorly timed – I did not expect such an explosion on my Twitter timeline. I cannot reply to all (I am sorting Legos with my son on my day off, quite an important and pressing matter), and replying tomorrow during my staff meeting would be a bit rude, so let Continue Reading
Why a meta-analysis of 90 studies does not tell that much about psi, or why academic papers should not be reduced to their data
Social psychologist-turned-statistics-and-publication-ethics crusader Daniel Lakens has recently published his review of a meta-analysis of 90 studies by Bem and colleagues that allegedly shows that there is strong evidence for precognition. Lakens rips apart the meta-analysis in his review, in particular because of the poor control for publication bias. According to Lakens, who recently converted to Continue Reading