Methods for Advancing an Open, Replicable, and Inclusive Science of Social Cognition

Autor: Alison Ledgerwood, Aline da Silva Frost, Sanjana Kadirvel, Angela Maitner, Yilin Andre Wang, Keith Brian Maddox
Rok vydání: 2021
Popis: This chapter offers a toolkit of concrete methods and practices that researchers can use to advance open, replicable, and inclusive science. Part I describes how to calibrate confidence in a significant finding to the strength of evidence provided by that finding (e.g., understanding positive predictive value, assessing statistical power, creating effective preregistrations). Part II describes how to calibrate the scope of a study’s conclusions to the participants and stimuli sampled for that study (e.g., reporting more complete sample characteristics, writing constraints on generality statements, forming effective cross-cultural collaborations). Part III discusses the importance of approaching the science of social cognition from a range of vantage points and offers recommendations for improving diversity and inclusion in the field (e.g., building diverse and inclusive research teams, understanding positionality). Part IV offers strategies for researchers in different career stages to help change the field’s incentive structures to better support all of these practices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE