The Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino cases show need for updated data retention policies
The Ariely and Gino cases show that APA urgently needs to reform its data retention policy.
How open science has changed APA’s style guidelines
The 7th edition of the Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association was published in October, and I finally finished reading it now. (Hey, give me a break! I had a book to finish, another book to revise, and a new baby to take care of.) Yes, I read the manual cover-to-cover, all 395 pages…
How open science creates new knowledge
During the 2010s, I gradually adopted open science practices. With each study I started, I began to take more and more steps to make my research transparent. I started uploading my data, documenting analysis procedures, pre-registering my work, and taking other steps to ensure my research was transparent. After adding components of open science to…
Tales from the search committee, Part II: Open science fails
As I stated in a previous post, I just got done with a “tour of duty” on a search committee for three full-time tenure-track psychology faculty positions. Last year, we started asking finalists about their open science practices. The experience was eye opening: This year, we moved the question about open science to the initial…
