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More Common Ground Than Conflict in Video Game Data
Differing conclusions on the link between video games and aggression may come down to how research teams interpret and report their statistical analyses, rather than the underlying data.
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Textbook Analysis Uncovers Erroneous Explanations of Statistical Significance
An examination of introductory psychology textbooks suggests that prospective researchers may learn to interpret statistical significance incorrectly in their classes.
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National Academies Issues Consensus Report on Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a consensus report on reproducibility and replicability in science.
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Social Psychology Research Today Has More Participants, Online Studies, Self-Report Measures
Collecting data from online participant pools and using self-report measures are two strategies that allow for increased sample sizes while drawing on relatively fewer resources — but have social psychology researchers adopted these strategies?
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Researchers Explore Life Beyond p < .05
Psychology researchers are questioning the overuse of p values in statistical inference in science.
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Insights From High-Risk Fields Can Help Minimize Mistakes in the Lab
In a new AMPPS article, researcher Jeffrey Rouder and colleagues use principles drawn from high-risk fields to propose best practices for minimizing mundane mistakes in psychology labs.
