The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely find evidence that an effect exists than to correctly find evidence that it does not." https://t.co/RgJzbeIIG2
False-positive psychology: undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant.
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Several discussions highlight the relevance of the article by mentioning its implications on climate science and critiques of statistical practices, such as 'p-hacking.' Phrases like 'still fundamental' and references to past studies being criticized illustrate the ongoing importance of the paper. This choice of words contributes to a tone of urgency and seriousness, showcasing a community deeply concerned about the integrity of research.
Many discussions express support for the article's findings and critique the prevalent issues in research methodology.
The discussions demonstrate high curiosity, with users frequently referencing the paper and its implications for various fields.
Participants show deep engagement by referencing specific methodologies and examples from the article, highlighting the need for more rigorous standards in research.
The sentiment indicates a belief that the publication has a significant influence on ongoing discourse in psychology and related fields.
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- The article argues that flexibility in data collection and analysis in psychology research can lead to a high rate of false-positive findings, meaning researchers are more likely to incorrectly claim an effect exists.
- It provides computer simulations and experiments to illustrate how easily misleading statistical significance can be reported.
- The authors propose a straightforward disclosure-based solution with specific requirements for researchers and guidelines for reviewers to reduce these false positives without significantly complicating the publication process.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyThis leads to false positives which hinders scientific progress and can inspire investment in fruitless research programs, and even discredit entire fields. https://t.co/Ga9WwMN7jC 6/10
This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/9fs8LneYy2
@ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低い(第一種過誤が名目p値より大きくなる)という問題 https://t.co/JQxgtReFxt
Doing my @ABCD_ReproNim readings today. From a 2011 article "Our goal as scientists is not to publish as many articles as we can, but to discover and disseminate truth." We sure are a slow moving bunch, aren't we? https://t.co/Iz68nYqsZb
Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant' and focused on challenges for ECRs. Presentation: https://t.co/aoQuOzUAke #reproducilibitea
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Addressing Fraud in Psychological Research: Analyzing False Positives
This video explores the increasing discovery of fraudulent research in psychology. It highlights how flexibility in data collection and analysis can lead to high rates of false-positive findings. Strategies for reducing…
Type 1 Error Control by Daniel Lakens
Detecting Outliers in Statistical Analysis with SPSS and R
Detecting outliers using SPSS or R is crucial for accurate data analysis. This video features Christophe Leys from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, discussing classification, detection methods, and management of…
Key Psychological Research Papers Impacting Findings Accuracy
This video discusses influential psychological papers affecting research integrity. The focus is on the issues of flexibility in data collection leading to false positives, as explored in the highlighted work by Simmons…
@eroloytunercan Psychology as well https://t.co/XXvVHKP2XE
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RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
RT @MatthewWielicki: The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more lik…
The climate crisis exists because scientists/activists are looking for it... "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely find evidence that an effect exists than to correctly find evidence that it does not." https://t.co/RgJzbeIIG2
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
@Freudian__Slap ANCOVA was one of the procedures that Simmons et al. (2011) used to purposely generate spurious statistical significance in their landmark article. They didn't use the phrase "p-hacking," but that's what they're doing in that article. https://t.co/z0V3XtNIYc
sireni tohoto odkazu dle nekterych v soucasne dobe znamena podporu Trumpa, ale ja jsem spis fanousek odlisovani vedy od politiky
I'll say it again: With the lessons from decades of research from pre-2010 psychology, they will find an association. And then they will call us anti-science for not believing them. doi.org/10.1177/0956...
@BowWowBrah @C_Mormonus Here's that study I was talking about https://t.co/O41X9d8v1s
Referencias por si quieres profundizar: Kerr, N. L. (1998). https://t.co/uP97hXkGbq Lishner, D. A. (2021). https://t.co/dJmLIWcwDw Rubin, M. (2022). https://t.co/s4FbRbJ2Kl Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). https://t.co/4fWbnJDYSA
'Nuestro objetivo como científicos no es publicar tantos artículos como podamos, sino descubrir y difundir la verdad". El artículo aboga por una serie de requisitos, que si bien no librarán a los investigadores de las presiones, si limitarán errores https://t.co/postNUhU7w
@carlislerainey The argument on pre-reg is ridiculous and the authors need to go back and read the history of fields like social psychology pre-2011 (here’s a good starting point: https://t.co/YQfkjuTESo). Amazing that not a single seminal psych replication crisis paper is cited. https://t.co/ESBYEYeZnO
In my mind, this article Simmons, Joseph P., Leif D. Nelson, and Uri Simonsohn. "False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant." Psychological science 22.11 (2011): 1359-1366.
@GadSaad Well, maybe they will play "When I'm 64". Simmons et al. (2011) proved that listening to that song makes you physically younger by an average of 1.4 years (p=0.04)! https://t.co/fzKOTAZfUi Although later in the article they do admit some caveats with that particular result...
How to Present Anything as Significant (2011) https://t.co/d489iUbKib
This leads to false positives which hinders scientific progress and can inspire investment in fruitless research programs, and even discredit entire fields. https://t.co/Ga9WwMN7jC 6/10
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@slatestarcodex MM: Publications are biased; we are not encouraged to publish proof that findings are wrong. And it's easy to manipulate data to support a narrative. See this famous paper demonstrating listening to a song makes students younger
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False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 https://t.co/Sbp0o9C9Zp
@CNN False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/1BXSeQrzGP
@queenofpeat "...people are self-serving in their interpretation of ambiguous information and remarkably adept at reaching justifiable conclusions that mesh with their desires." https://t.co/rduVTJAhpA
Why? One reason: "...people are self-serving in their interpretation of ambiguous information and remarkably adept at reaching justifiable conclusions that mesh with their desires." https://t.co/rduVTJAhpA
@brian_armstrong @brian_armstrong maybe you should ring these guys up to automate this system. https://t.co/tjFWxs3WN7
@martinruecker @riffreporter @ChariteBerlin lesenswert: Simmons JP, Nelson LD, Simonsohn U. 2011. False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant. Psychological Science 22: 1359–1366. https://t.co/mVmAttXDtD
Dan masih banyak lagi, oiya lupa mau kasih referensi paper di atas: https://t.co/woDaKv6LeL
@alexandrosM @lakens What a science... False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/AnLlyoj7Ds
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 (https://t.co/tuN1EBs6tD)
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
@TsuDhoNimh @crabb_vicki @demandevidence1 @HeyNurseKat @denisrancourt As I have been saying about the Pfizer mRNA Shot Gene Therapy trials: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
—“it is unacceptably easy to publish 'statistically significant' evidence consistent with any hypothesis”…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
RT @MatthewWielicki: I would love to see a study like this in climate science. "In many cases, a researcher is more likely to falsely fin…
@julie_conder @chantelle0090 If you want to further explore my answer, feel free to read this article: https://t.co/HPZnDl6nW6
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
P-hacking is the practice of (consciously or unconsciously) adjusting data collection and analysis approaches such that a statistically significant result is obtained. This paper illustrates how such analytical flexibility invalidates inferences: https://t.co/nM171pUTFX
RT @realmehmetokan: Pazarlamacılar olaraka şeklen günümüz açık bilim standartlarına ayak uydurma çabamız var ancak mentalite olarak hala şu…
Pazarlamacılar olaraka şeklen günümüz açık bilim standartlarına ayak uydurma çabamız var ancak mentalite olarak hala şu makalenin yayınlandığı yıla bile ulaşmış değiliz https://t.co/T37qwMisGR
Artigos antigos que valem a pena: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/zpN049BikO
@LanchestersCube @kevinfolta @JohnStossel @scrowder False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn https://t.co/cV73dQGv2y
@PresidentOfFart @DeltaOverthinks @WhatIsAWomanBot https://t.co/fuZ0J7BkfR False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
@apelidoorfao @DeltaOverthinks @WhatIsAWomanBot “False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant” https://t.co/fuZ0J7BkfR
Join us tomorrow from 11.00-12.00 for another #ReproducibiliTea session! We going back to basics with the paper: Simmons, Nelson & Simonsohn (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant
https://t.co/Di1wsSfHZZ "False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant " Les guidelines proposées (ça m'étonne que certaines soient pas déjà une norme j'avoue....) https://t.co/22DemOjq9Q
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 https://t.co/8xMr8NLIAF
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
RT @ykamit: @ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低…
@ReseArpaca 仮説検証的、とくに、統計検定を使う比較的ノイズの多い実験研究を想定していました。いわゆるHARKing https://t.co/Mlz8hIB7b0 です。結果をみて作った仮説は、ノイズにフィットしているだけだとしたら再現性が低い(第一種過誤が名目p値より大きくなる)という問題 https://t.co/JQxgtReFxt
RT @WiringTheBrain: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Signif…
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/EdKORFlOQn - from 2011 but clearly still relevant for many fields https://t.co/FUyT2vvLbU
https://t.co/1XJXl6CqGC
Buat yang mulai tertarik baca-tulis artikel ilmiah, artikel ini penting untuk dipahami | False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Simmons et al., 2011 https://t.co/0ubGqgNUNa
@IMartindeDiego Por aquí lo explican con simulaciones y detalle. https://t.co/mNSA2MdPfP
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 - Author: 1jfiU8M2A4 - Link: https://t.co/vHaZrBhGNO
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797611417632)
@AndyPerfors IIRC this paper talks about sampling until significance as a problematic "researcher degree-of-freedom" in a fairly intuitive way! "False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility ... Allows Presenting Anything as Significant" https://t.co/0llkPiOe97
Psicología falsa positiva: La flexibilidad no revelada en la recopilación y el análisis de datos permite presentar cualquier cosa como significativa - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 https://t.co/FLNnq4zwUh
RT @sjblakemore: This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection an…
RT @sjblakemore: This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection an…
RT @sjblakemore: This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection an…
RT @sjblakemore: This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection an…
This paper is 10 years old but still fundamental False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/9fs8LneYy2
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 https://t.co/EqZybHaPRk
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/3JkQxQxwrR
4/n False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant - Simmons et al. (2011) Link: https://t.co/Cld9FA7MfO https://t.co/6AryKEG5xB
RT @j_flan: Doing my @ABCD_ReproNim readings today. From a 2011 article "Our goal as scientists is not to publish as many articles as we ca…
RT @j_flan: Doing my @ABCD_ReproNim readings today. From a 2011 article "Our goal as scientists is not to publish as many articles as we ca…
Doing my @ABCD_ReproNim readings today. From a 2011 article "Our goal as scientists is not to publish as many articles as we can, but to discover and disseminate truth." We sure are a slow moving bunch, aren't we? https://t.co/Iz68nYqsZb
@SaintHeartwing @Horsed00d00 @IamSean90 2/2 There's a huge cause attribution problem in social sciences. Read "false-positive psychology: undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant" by Simmons and Nelson. The researchers here can't be trusted at face value.
@KellyBodwin False positive psychology (applicable to many fields, not just psych): Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psych. Sci., 22, 1359-1366.
@pedrohcgs @KiraboJackson @Thomasdehoop1 @DaveEvansPhD @causalinf @karthik_econ @marome1 @wuthrich_k And relatedly the classic Simmons Nelson Simonsohn 2011: https://t.co/nrhN5LwZOs
RT @cbokhove: Flexibility in analytical methods. @OrbenAmy cites https://t.co/CSDjNH45Ro #korc20
Flexibility in analytical methods. @OrbenAmy cites https://t.co/CSDjNH45Ro #korc20
RT @BrumReproTea: Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data…
RT @BrumReproTea: Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data…
RT @BrumReproTea: Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data…
RT @BrumReproTea: Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data…
Successful second meeting! @SoniaRishi1 discussed the paper 'False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant' and focused on challenges for ECRs. Presentation: https://t.co/aoQuOzUAke #reproducilibitea
Før-bededags-adspredelse:Artikel viser man bliver yngre ved at høre Beatles. Bevist med bevidst svagt statistisk grundlag... Husk hvedrene...False-Positive:Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/a89skwGZzs
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant https://t.co/eKyPAvx2gp
@BandyXLee1 To you Trump is not a human being and definitely not a patient but a political bludgeon to be used to further your fame, your career, and your political goals. When the President of the APA calls you out for your lack of professionalism.... https://t.co/1BXSeQrzGP
@BandyXLee1 You are the manifestation of everything wrong in the study of psychology, a field where 70% of studies can’t be replicated, 95% show positive results for the researcher’s hypothesis (highly unlikely) and, as this paper points out, anything can be “proven” https://t.co/1BXSeQrzGP
real "false positive psychology" vibes there https://t.co/lTVeVZfyvR
RT @suzyjstyles: @SingReproTea @NTUsgLibrary @pierinaski @SANLabNTU We will be discussing the awesome paper ‘False Positive Psychology’ by…
@SingReproTea @NTUsgLibrary @pierinaski @SANLabNTU We will be discussing the awesome paper ‘False Positive Psychology’ by Simmons, Nelson and Simonsohn. The article is OA so you can read the published version on the journal site✌
48h to go until our first #openscience journal club meeting at @UniLeiden! Join us coming Thursday, 4pm, in SA15, @Leidensocial. We'll be discussing "False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant"
RT @LinkopingTea: Today is our second ReproducibiliTea meeting in Linköping! This time we will meet at the conference room in I3 (enter the…
Today is our second ReproducibiliTea meeting in Linköping! This time we will meet at the conference room in I3 (enter the building opposite the falaffel house) 11:15-12:00 and discuss the False-positive psychology paper https://t.co/p8cc6Nghav
RT @UKRNSwansea: Just in case some of you would like to get a head start on reading the article for the next #ReproducibiliTea session on T…
RT @UKRNSwansea: Just in case some of you would like to get a head start on reading the article for the next #ReproducibiliTea session on T…
Just in case some of you would like to get a head start on reading the article for the next #ReproducibiliTea session on Tuesday November 5th 12noon in the Surf Room in Fulton House (Singleton Campus), here is the open access link: https://t.co/RVnndZZyjM
RT @OpenResLeeds: Come along tomorrow to discuss: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows…
RT @OpenResLeeds: Come along tomorrow to discuss: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows…
Come along tomorrow to discuss: False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant (2011) https://t.co/ppAqiKpPMu #UKRNLeeds #ReproducibiliTea https://t.co/KJhNB6ZDfL
RT @amynbjohnston1: Proving that listening to the Beatles could make undergraduates younger and other stupid stuff... False-Positive Psycho…
Proving that listening to the Beatles could make undergraduates younger and other stupid stuff... False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Simmons et al., 2011 https://t.co/gXLd9AzfXW
Why have I not seen this before? This is a great paper on why p values are misleading https://t.co/MoYMqQTP0b
"Our goal as scientists is not to publish as many articles as we can, but to discover and disseminate truth. Many of us ... lose sight of this goal, yielding to the pressure to do whatever is justifiable to compile a set of studies that we can publish." https://t.co/clF0IeeXhi
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011. 3400 citations today in Google Scholar https://t.co/0qEu59SWSq
Avec un autre papier incluant des recommandations concrètes, pas bêtes et faciles à mettre en place pour les auteurs et reviewers https://t.co/SaTXZdEqdf
False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011 https://t.co/MPF57ISVkQ
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
RT @psychpaperclub: Only 3 days to go to #PsychPaperClub! We @BPS_LHC and @psychpaperclub can't wait! Join us at 3pm on Thursday via the ha…
Only 3 days to go to #PsychPaperClub! We @BPS_LHC and @psychpaperclub can't wait! Join us at 3pm on Thursday via the hashtag #psychpaperclub, to discuss Simmons et al. (2011) False Positive Psychology: https://t.co/LB2I5VU3H1 …. Chair: @theroseturner
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
@alexmvdk @ChrisFiloG @torwager Thanks! Just note that we're reusing the title of Simmons et al. 2011 https://t.co/LH1cnKjDhT I wasn't sure if it's good idea or not.. Tor's first reaction to that was not that positive.. but I kept it anyway. :) Maybe it might be changed after the review-revision process.
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
RT @psychpaperclub: Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexi…
Our January #psychpaperclub article is **drum roll** Simmons et al. (2011) False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. https://t.co/LB2I5VU3H1 Join us on Thurs 31st Jan, 3-4pm using #psychpaperclub
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