What do participants think of our research practices? An examination of behavioural psychology participants' preferences.

ABSTRACT: What research practices should be considered acceptable? Historically, scientists have set the standards for what constitutes acceptable research practices. However, there is value in considering non-scientists' perspectives, including research participants'. 1873 participants from MTurk and university subject pools were surveyed after their participation in one of eight minimal-risk studies. We asked participants how they would feel if (mostly) common research practices were applied to their data: p-hacking/cherry-picking results, selective reporting of studies, Hypothesizing After Results are Known (HARKing), committing fraud, conducting direct replications, sharing data, sharing methods, and open access publishing. An overwhelming majority of psychology research participants thin

SUBMITTER: Bottesini JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature