“A Vast Graveyard of Undead Theories: Publication Bias and Psychological Science’s Aversion to the Null”

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-04-26

Summary:

Erin Jonaitis points us to this article by Christopher Ferguson and Moritz Heene, who write: Publication bias remains a controversial issue in psychological science. . . . that the field often constructs arguments to block the publication and interpretation of null results and that null results may be further extinguished through questionable researcher practices. Given [...]

Link:

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/04/26/a-vast-graveyard-of-undead-theories-publication-bias-and-psychological-sciences-aversion-to-the-null-2/

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Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

04/26/2013, 14:30

Date published:

04/26/2013, 09:09