Methodological Differences Between Psychological Fields and its Impact on Questionable Research Practices

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dc.contributor.advisorGreen, Christopher Darren
dc.contributor.authorDiGiovanni, Julian Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T12:44:46Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T12:44:46Z
dc.date.copyright2019-09
dc.date.issued2020-05-11
dc.date.updated2020-05-11T12:44:46Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: History and Theory)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractA recent development in research fields, including psychology, is that several studies have called into question the replicability of findings that were thought to be well-established. This phenomenon, termed the replication crisis in psychology, is gaining acceptance as a legitimate concern. This paper explores the quality of research from three prominent psychology journals: The Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, across the years 1995, 2005 and 2015. The quality of research was determined through creating individual p-distributions, similar to the methods of Masicampo & Lalande (2012). This paper uncovered that there was evidence regarding the use of questionable research practices (QRPs) since 1995. Overall, the quality of each journal's research appeared to be increasing as the years progressed.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37403
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsReplication
dc.subject.keywordsReplication crisis
dc.subject.keywordsSocial psychology
dc.subject.keywordsAbnormal psychology
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental psychology
dc.subject.keywordsP-curve
dc.subject.keywordsP-distribution
dc.subject.keywordsP-hacking
dc.subject.keywordsQuestionable research practices
dc.subject.keywordsResearcher degrees of freedom
dc.subject.keywordsStatistical methodology
dc.subject.keywordsNull ritual
dc.subject.keywordsNull hypothesis significance testing
dc.subject.keywordsNHST
dc.subject.keywordsP-value
dc.titleMethodological Differences Between Psychological Fields and its Impact on Questionable Research Practices
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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