We discuss problems the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) paradigm poses for
replication and more broadly in the biomedical and social sciences as well as how these …

We review and evaluate selection methods, a prominent class of techniques first proposed
by Hedges (1984) that assess and adjust for publication bias in meta-analysis, via an …

A typical behavioral research paper features multiple studies of a common phenomenon that
are analyzed solely in isolation. Because the studies are of a common phenomenon, this …

… in Figure 1 (b), the statisticians who were the subjects in this study performed better in
this respect than the applied researchers who were the subjects in McShane and Gal (Citation…

Replication is complicated in psychological research because studies of a given psychological
phenomenon can never be direct or exact replications of one another, and thus effect …

Statistical power depends on the size of the effect of interest. However, effect sizes are rarely
fixed in psychological research: Study design choices, such as the operationalization of the …

Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is the default approach to statistical analysis
and reporting in marketing and the biomedical and social sciences more broadly. Despite its …

Statistical training helps individuals analyze and interpret data. However, the emphasis
placed on null hypothesis significance testing in academic training and reporting may lead …

We comment on Iacobucci, Posavac, Kardes, Schneider, and Popovich (2015) by evaluating
the practice of discretizing continuous variables. We show that dichotomizing a continuous …

The question of how people should structure goal-directed activity to maximize the likelihood
of goal attainment is one of theoretical and practical significance. In particular, should …