Recommendations for Increasing Replicability in Psychology

• DOI: 10.1002/per.1919
• Publication Date: 2013-04-18T05:57:40Z
• Authors: Jens B. Asendorpf; Mark Conner; Filip De Fruyt; Jan De Houwer; Jaap J. A. Denissen; Klaus Fiedler; Susann Fiedler; David C. Funder; Reinhold Kliegl; Brian A. Nosek; Marco Perugini; Brent W. Roberts; Manfred Schmitt; Marcel A. G. Van ...; Hannelore Weber; Jelte M. Wicherts
• Keywords: publication bias; Department Psychologie; PERSONALITY; ACCURACY; 4. Education; PUBLICATION; 05 social sciences; Social Sciences; INCENTIVES; CONFIDENCE-INTERVALS; confirmation bias; reproducibility, methodology; STATISTICAL POWER; SAMPLE-SIZE; REPLICATION; replicability; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; False; generalizability; research transparency; PARAMETER-ESTIMATION

Replicability of findings is at the heart of any empirical science. The aim of this article is to move the current replicability debate in psychology towards concrete recommendations for improvement. We focus on research practices but also offer guidelines for reviewers, editors, journal management, teachers, granting institutions, and university promotion committees, highlighting some of the emerging and existing practical solutions that can facilitate implementation of these recommendations. The challenges for improving replicability in psychological science are systemic. Improvement can occur only if changes are made at many levels of practice, evaluation, and reward. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.