Annu Rev Psychol January 2018 PMID 29068778

Psychology's Renaissance.

Leif D Nelson, Joseph Simmons, Uri Simonsohn

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Several conversations highlight critical ideas from the article, such as the critique of traditional statistical methods and the call for increased transparency in research practices. For instance, one participant emphasized the need for sharing data and skepticism towards statistical solutions, while another referenced the 'file-drawer problem' to illustrate challenges in publishing failure. The tone of these discussions is predominantly professional and constructive, underscoring a collective move toward reform and acknowledgment of the issues faced within the discipline.

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The period from 2010 to 2012 marked a "Renaissance" in psychology, stemming from a realization that traditional methods of data collection and analysis made it too easy to publish misleading findings.
Researchers shifted their focus from publication bias caused by unpublished studies to concerns about flawed analyses, prompting a reevaluation of their methodologies.
Key recommended changes include increased transparency through disclosure and preregistration, skepticism towards statistical fixes for publication bias, and a belief that embracing meta-analytical approaches can reduce the likelihood of false positives in psychological research.

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Eggpinete

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Yarkoni, T. (2020). The generalizability crisis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e1. https://t.co/UMv4z9ux7r Nelson, L. D., Simmons, J., & Simonsohn, U. (2018). Psychology’s renaissance. Annual Review of Psychology, 69, 511–534. https://t.co/DQwF7HEhaD

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Mr. Krinkle

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RT @DegenRolf: In a lucid paper on "Psychology’s Renaissance", Uri Simonsohn et al nail down the root of all evil in their field. https://t…

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NowhereMan

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@minzlicht @paulrconnor https://t.co/VhnYaXM8Bk

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Stuart Buck

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@ChMark161 @DanielHadas2 @soncharm Sharing data and code -- neither useless nor unrelated to replication. If you haven't ever thought about these issues before, a good article that provides an overview of reforms in psychology is here: https://t.co/DnX0pJ9bZN

Jun 7, 2023 · 6,747 followers View post →

Misha Teplitskiy | Science of science

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https://t.co/CWAryWHNg1

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Andres Montealegre

@AndrsMontealegr · X

@danwilliamsphil for a thoughtful overview of the replication crisis in psych https://t.co/zwq9NYRwu2 I like that it critically interrogates pseudosolutions, e.g., bayesian stats, meta-analysis. And that it has good discussions on topics such as publication bias, interpreting replications...

Dec 29, 2022 · 1 like · 619 followers View post →

Kevin McGrew (aka Kdizzle & IQ McGrew)

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RT @stephen_want: @danwilliamsphil @giladfeldman I’ve assigned this to undergrads on this topic: https://t.co/9hr1PB32JT

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Timothy Bates

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RT @stephen_want: @danwilliamsphil @giladfeldman I’ve assigned this to undergrads on this topic: https://t.co/9hr1PB32JT

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Stephen Want

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@danwilliamsphil @giladfeldman I’ve assigned this to undergrads on this topic: https://t.co/9hr1PB32JT

Dec 29, 2022 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 567 followers View post →

Stuart Buck

@stuartbuck1 · X

@michael_nielsen If there's a Nobel for program officers, I'll be so bold as to claim one for funding (and often helping craft the proposals for) the activities that you describe as creating a Renaissance* in psychology. :) *I assume in homage to this? https://t.co/QZAToxoHQM

Oct 18, 2022 · 3 likes · 6,747 followers View post →

Florian Muench

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RT @jrgptrs: “File-drawer problem” is misleading. It obscures the deep problems of p-hacking and HARKing: "Whereas our file drawers are spr…

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Alexandros Gotinakos

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RT @jrgptrs: “File-drawer problem” is misleading. It obscures the deep problems of p-hacking and HARKing: "Whereas our file drawers are spr…

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John B. Holbein

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RT @jrgptrs: “File-drawer problem” is misleading. It obscures the deep problems of p-hacking and HARKing: "Whereas our file drawers are spr…

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Jörg Ankel-Peters

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Lukas Jung

@lukasjung_hd · X

@rdpeng Leaving this here... (from: https://t.co/VhLGuArrE4) https://t.co/uWy9z0Fuiw

Sep 14, 2022 · 28 likes · 203 followers View post →

Stuart Ritchie

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Aaron Charlton

@AaronCharlton · X

@mongreloutsider There is an article by Leif Nelson, Joe Simmons and Uri Simonsohn that says it better than me. It's called "Psychology's Renaissance" or something like that.

Aug 14, 2022 · 1 like · 1,193 followers View post →

Lucia Manso

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RT @crodriguezprada: "Experiments that work are sent to a journal, whereas experiments that fail are sent to the file drawer. (...) This "f…

Mar 3, 2022 · 1 share · 208 followers View post →

Cristina Rodríguez-Prada

@crodriguezprada · X

"Experiments that work are sent to a journal, whereas experiments that fail are sent to the file drawer. (...) This "file-drawer explanation" is incorrect. Most failed studies are not missing. They are published in our journals, masquerading as a success".https://t.co/aQbgJhut9X

Mar 3, 2022 · 3 likes · 1 share · 476 followers View post →

Rolf Degen

@DegenRolf · X

@VsemHren @Bobbyberu2 This is the tenor of a broad debate that has taken place in psychology after the recognition of the "debacle". Here, I can only recommend you one important milestone article in this context: https://t.co/Os6TXLTbkK

Oct 2, 2021 · 69,199 followers View post →

Michał Białek

@mbialek82 · X

"Credibility revolution" and "psychology's Renaissance" in practice... https://t.co/sVdfdyavIW

Mar 8, 2021 · 831 followers View post →

Stephen Want

@stephen_want · X

@BenBurke_REACH @CJFerguson1111 I think this paper is also a good summary of many of the issues: https://t.co/zGJsL2DH7G

Feb 6, 2021 · 2 likes · 567 followers View post →

Alexander Wuttke, see: kunkakom.bsky.social

@Kunkakom · X

@PaoloAPalma @alexluger Yes, that's it. For a nice background article, see https://t.co/mfoSFERvy6 For a comprehensive, really good length summary see @StuartJRitchie "Science Fictions"

Oct 15, 2020 · 4,042 followers View post →

ReproducibiliTea Leuven

@LeuvenTea · X

We will discuss how fields like psychology have dealt with reproducibility issues, starting from the papers "Psychology's renaissance" (Nelson et al., 2018) and "A manifesto for reproducible science" (Munafo et al., 2017). Find the papers here: https://t.co/mPyoc8RGvL

Oct 12, 2020 · 2 likes · 306 followers View post →

ReproducibiliTea Leuven

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ReproducibiliTea BI Oslo

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RT @Rpt_MX: Happy to start the term with our first online session to comment the paper Psychology's Renaissance

Aug 23, 2020 · 1 share · 175 followers View post →

ReproducibiliTea Mx

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Happy to start the term with our first online session to comment the paper Psychology's Renaissance

Aug 20, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 132 followers View post →

Kate Petrova

@kate_ptrv · X

@PEEP_lab Here are some really thoughtful and cautiously optimistic articles addressing some of the crises in psychology and social science: https://t.co/pXAHWlUoBZ https://t.co/kp55RFZm5g https://t.co/b7d0N8hOq2

Aug 17, 2020 · 4,502 followers View post →

Carolyn Vatheuer

@CarolynVatheuer · X

Puts my hurriedly-put-together-for-sudden-switch-to-online-semester screencast introducing undergrads to "psychology's renaissance" to shame.

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Emil Holmer

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RT @LinkopingTea: What is the "open science" movement anyway and how did it all begin? Today we're reading a review of what can be called p…

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ReproducibiliTea Linköping

@LinkopingTea · X

What is the "open science" movement anyway and how did it all begin? Today we're reading a review of what can be called psychology's renaissance https://t.co/z9qItSxUtg

Apr 20, 2020 · 4 likes · 1 share · 128 followers View post →

Nigel Ten Fleming

@TenFleming · X

Review (2019). “Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues and pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance.“ https://t.co/AT6boNbQbY

Apr 11, 2020 · 2,225 followers View post →

David Travis

@userfocus · X

Psychology's Renaissance by Nelson et al. (Why? Psychology is undergoing a replication crisis because of a focus on statistical significance as the key metric. User researchers could learn something from this) https://t.co/RQi3l4ilMX (9/9)

Mar 19, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 13,736 followers View post →

Michael Bailey

@profjmb · X

@MelissaGWolf For a positive take: https://t.co/J5cUUluq3S For history: https://t.co/1fWj9TyK8U

Feb 19, 2020 · 1 like · 9,687 followers View post →

Russell T. Warne

@Russwarne · X

My mistake. We're reading Pelosi (2019) next week. Today's reading is @uri_sohn's "Psychology's Renaissance" article. https://t.co/s2Yc9H95sz

Jan 24, 2020 · 1 like · 7,263 followers View post →

Jackie Thompson

@NeuroJackie · X

@DenOlmo @improvingpsych i also enjoyed these two resources (paper and blog post), at least for the psychology crisis: https://t.co/Ou4qqWub32 https://t.co/b8W5GrPGsi

Dec 21, 2019 · 1 like · 553 followers View post →

Niklas Johannes (@NiklasJohannes@mastodon.social)

@NiklasJohannes · X

@SolomonKurz I find this one really nice: https://t.co/SoEWsNn8R2

Dec 12, 2019 · 1 like · 754 followers View post →

Nïck Brown

@sTeamTraen · X

"... it is clear that the [methodological] Middle Ages are behind us, and the Enlightenment is just around the corner" - Nelson, Simmons, & Simonsohn, 2018, "Psychology’s Renaissance" https://t.co/pWSvmUrYbc

Nov 14, 2019 · 3 likes · 12,823 followers View post →

Francis Villatoro

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RT @FBpsy: @Joaquin_Sevilla @HelenaMatute @emulenews Le llaman "el renacimiento de la psicología" porque según algunos estamos saliendo de…

Oct 13, 2019 · 2 shares · 45,116 followers View post →

Ramón Nogueras

@RamonNogueras · X

RT @FBpsy: @Joaquin_Sevilla @HelenaMatute @emulenews Le llaman "el renacimiento de la psicología" porque según algunos estamos saliendo de…

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Fernando Blanco

@FBpsy · X

@Joaquin_Sevilla @HelenaMatute @emulenews Le llaman "el renacimiento de la psicología" porque según algunos estamos saliendo de la crisis más fuertes de lo que entramos. https://t.co/tcEaGeNycP

Oct 13, 2019 · 2 shares · 7,948 followers View post →

Anne Scheel

@annemscheel · X

@LangelohMiriam @mariella_n_paul I still don't have the ultimate reference for this handy, but here are some suggestions: 1) Nelson et al.'s 'Psychology's Renaissance' might be most comprehensive https://t.co/PdSTZM7jGN 2) @BobbiePoPS's Revolution 2.0 https://t.co/QMlMqka0A4 1/

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Simonh Bries

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RT @rolandimhoff: @matkau I like "Psychology's Rennaisance" as a mild introduction that does not completely undermine their trust in the sc…

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Roland Imhoff

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@matkau I like "Psychology's Rennaisance" as a mild introduction that does not completely undermine their trust in the scientific method https://t.co/0jzO72LIip

Sep 3, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 2,099 followers View post →

Reproducibility News

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Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues and pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance https://t.co/Upo78fGycL

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Xenpapers

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Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues and pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance https://t.co/HA4c3BhNaC https://t.co/hc2kohh3Uy

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Dorothy Bishop

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Pheromones

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tristramwyatt.bsky.social

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Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues + #pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance #RegisteredReports preprint @PeerJPreprints https://t.co/m4c7cyL1lj @BrianNosek @OSFramework @FifthSenseUK @MarcusMunafo @stevenmunger @deevybee @ukrepro

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Matthew Cobb

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RT @pheromoneEvo: Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues + #pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance #RegisteredRepo…

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tristramwyatt.bsky.social

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RT @pheromoneEvo: Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues + #pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance #RegisteredRepo…

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Pheromones

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Reproducible research into human semiochemical cues + #pheromones: learning from psychology’s renaissance #RegisteredReports preprint @PeerJPreprints https://t.co/VmVJ06xb7E #olfaction #reproducibility @chrisdc77 @pollyp1 @Neuro_Skeptic @UFCST @darrenlogan

Aug 19, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 1,004 followers View post →

Alexander Wuttke, see: kunkakom.bsky.social

@Kunkakom · X

This last part of the story is nicely summarized here, in one of the most inspiring scientific articles I have read in the past years, by Nelson, @jpsimmon, @uri_sohn https://t.co/mfoSFERvy6

Aug 8, 2019 · 3 likes · 4,042 followers View post →

Michael Hogan

@michaelhogannui · X

Psychology’s Renaissance: https://t.co/EzBeBH264g #OpenScience #Psychology

Jul 10, 2019 · 3,506 followers View post →

sebastian marin

@marin343 · X

@ianagutierrez "Psychology's renaissance" by Nelson, Simmons, & Simonsohn (2018) is p great

Jun 5, 2019 · 1 like · 171 followers View post →

Nïck Brown

@sTeamTraen · X

That's from the "Psychology's Renaissance" paper btw.

Apr 1, 2019 · 12,823 followers View post →

@psychpaperclub

@psychpaperclub · X

Psychologists, how has psychology’s renaissance impacted your field? Has it impacted your teaching?

Mar 28, 2019 · 161 followers View post →

@psychpaperclub

@psychpaperclub · X

They posit that this is psychology’s “renaissance” rather than “replication crisis” (p. 512).

Mar 28, 2019 · 161 followers View post →

@psychpaperclub

@psychpaperclub · X

Nelson, Simmons & Simonsohn (2018) reflect on “Psychology’s Renaissance”, incl. the #filedrawer effect to #p-hacking. They critique approaches to the problem incl statistical solutions, prereg & disclosure, and meta-analyses. What were your impressions? #Psychpaperclub

Mar 28, 2019 · 161 followers View post →

@psychpaperclub

@psychpaperclub · X

AND WE’RE LIVE! Welcome to this week’s #PsychPaperClub. We’ll be live for the next hour, discussing “Psychology’s Renaissance” (Nelson, Simmons & Simonsohn,2018). Feel free to comment, share and contribute! -Chair #Psychpaperclub

Mar 28, 2019 · 2 likes · 161 followers View post →

SJU Psychology Dept

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RT @psychpaperclub: Join us tomorrow at 3pm GMT to discuss Psychology's Renaissance! Paper available here: https://t.co/f2sKA4UIPk Tune in…

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Dr. Kimberley Hill

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RT @PsyPAGAlumni: Interested in replicability and the open science movement? Join the online paper club tomorrow at 3pm discussing Psycholo…

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Richard Pemberton

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Psychology’s Renaissance? 7 years ago we realized that our credibility hinged on changing how we collect & analyze data We responded e.g.replications disclosure & preregistration are much more common than they were Enlightenment is just around the corner? https://t.co/RfRPCx7rpX

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BPS Student Members

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Join in the discussion about "Psychology's Renaissance" at our next online #PsychPaperClub tomorrow at 3pm GMT via the hashtag. See you there! @BPSOfficial @PsyPAG https://t.co/iBy6CdqNSI

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PsyPAG Alumni

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Interested in replicability and the open science movement? Join the online paper club tomorrow at 3pm discussing Psychology's Renaissance https://t.co/SlMB4TX2T1

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Join us tomorrow at 3pm GMT to discuss Psychology's Renaissance! Paper available here: https://t.co/f2sKA4UIPk Tune in LIVE via #PsychPaperClub Can't wait! @theroseturner @BPS_LHC @PsyPAG

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nick michalak

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@Ben_C_J https://t.co/JDt7fGqvJQ

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Timothy Bates

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RT @sTeamTraen: @timothycbates I was amazed by the concluding paragraphs and title of the "Psychology's Renaissance" paper, concluding that…

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Nïck Brown

@sTeamTraen · X

@timothycbates I was amazed by the concluding paragraphs and title of the "Psychology's Renaissance" paper, concluding that a corner had been turned. We're still at the Battle of Britain stage, a long way from El Alamein.

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BPS Student Members

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RT @psychpaperclub: *Ding ding ding!* For this month's #PsychPaperClub we'll be discussing "Psychology's Renaissance" (Nelson et al., 2018,…

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*Ding ding ding!* For this month's #PsychPaperClub we'll be discussing "Psychology's Renaissance" (Nelson et al., 2018, in Annual Review of Psychology) on Thur 28 March 3-4pm GMT. See you then for publication bias, p-hacking & prereg! @BPS_LHC @PsyPAG https://t.co/ykSN137xch

Mar 4, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 161 followers View post →

Mine Misirlisoy

@minemisirlisoy · X

RT @HenryOtgaar: A huge honor! Professor Lindsay giving a talk on Psychology’s Renaissance! @dstephenlindsay https://t.co/1yIXYqPBEi

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Maryanne Garry

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RT @HenryOtgaar: A huge honor! Professor Lindsay giving a talk on Psychology’s Renaissance! @dstephenlindsay https://t.co/1yIXYqPBEi

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Henry Otgaar

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A huge honor! Professor Lindsay giving a talk on Psychology’s Renaissance! @dstephenlindsay https://t.co/1yIXYqPBEi

Feb 26, 2019 · 26 likes · 2 shares · 2,892 followers View post →

Thomas Basbøll

@Inframethod · X

Until about 7 years ago, psychologists relied "on methods of data collection and analysis that make it too easy to publish false-positive, nonreplicable results ... That period ... constituted the real replication crisis" (Nelson, @jpsimmon, @uri_sohn). https://t.co/sBM2SZJ8Sq

Feb 21, 2019 · 1,156 followers View post →

Abeba Birhane

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