Why Do Some Psychology Researchers Resist Adopting Proposed Reforms to Research Practices? A Description of Researchers’ Rationales

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 166-173

  Washburn, Anthony N ^a   Hanson, Brittany E ^a   Motyl, Matt ^a   Skitka, Linda J ^a   Yantis, Caitlyn ^a   Wong, Kendal M ^a   Sun, Jiaqing ^a   Prims, J P ^a   Mueller, Allison B ^a   Melton, Zachary J ^a   Carsel, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

metascience; methodology; open materials; questionable research practices; replicability; research practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052788269     PISSN: 25152459     EISSN: 25152467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2515245918757427     Document Type: Article

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