Guest Post: Six Crucial Steps to Strengthen a Replication, by Mallory Kidwell

Scientific research advances knowledge by making transparent the methodology and evidence supporting scientific claims. This way, others can evaluate the basis of evidence and repeat the research in order to confirm the conclusions. However, the current incentive structures emphasizing publication can cause a disconnect between the valued ideals and daily practices of individual researchers.

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Guest Post: The Replication Paradox, by Michèle B. Nuijten

Will integrating original studies and published replications always improve the reliability of your results? No! Replication studies suffer from the same publication bias as original studies. In her guest post, Michèle B. Nuijten, who focuses on statistical errors and data manipulation in psychology, presents two solutions to this problem.

Against publication bias: Politics journal invites pre-registered papers

After fields like Psychology have explored pre-registration of studies, now Political Science follows the trend for more transparency in research. A high ranking journal, Comparative Political Studies, plans a special issue in which all papers have to be pre-registered and are submitted without the results section. I asked Michael Findley, one of the editors behind the initative, about publication bias and transparency in the field.