Monthly Archives: March 2024

5 years ago today, March 20, 2019: the Start of “Abandon Significance”

A recent study that questioned the healthfulness of eggs raised a perpetual question: Why do studies, as has been the case with health research involving eggs, so often flip-flop from one answer to another? Continue reading

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Preregistration, promises and pitfalls, continued v2

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In my last post, I sketched some first remarks I would have made had I been able to travel to London to fulfill my invitation to speak at a Royal Society conference, March 4 and 5, 2024, on “the promises and pitfalls of preregistration.” This is a continuation. It’s a welcome consequence of today’s statistical crisis of replication that some social sciences are taking a page from medical trials and calling for preregistration of sampling protocols and full reporting. In 2018, Brian Nosek and others wrote of the “Preregistration Revolution”, as part of open science initiatives. Continue reading

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Promises and Pitfalls of Preregistration: A Royal Society conference I was to speak at

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I had been invited to speak at a Royal Society meeting, held March 4 and 5, 2024, on “the promises and pitfalls of preregistration”—a topic in which I’m keenly interested. The meeting was organized by Dr Tom Hardwicke, Professor Marcus Munafò, Dr Sophia Crüwell, Professor Dorothy Bishop FRS FMedSci, and Professor Eric-Jan Wagenmakers. Unfortunately, I was unable to travel to London, so I had to decline attending a few months ago. But, I thought I might jot down some remarks here. Continue reading

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