Commentary and rejoinder on Johnson, Cheung, and Donnellan (2014a) clean data: Statistical artifacts wash out replication efforts

Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-317

  Schnall, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceiling effect; Cleanliness; Moral judgment; Peer review; Registered replication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922643045     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000204     Document Type: Review

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