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The paper is the preregistration of the replication
It is getting increasingly popular within the social sciences to preregister studies. That is, prior to collecting any data for a study, researchers register their theoretical predictions/expectations (i.e., hypothesis or hypotheses), the data collection procedure, the planned analysis, etc. I am generally in favour of preregistrations. All else equal, more information on how a study […]
Assorted links #29
1050. The Beginner’s Guide to Databases / The Technically Database Database 1051. How to Read a Chocolate Bar Label to Buy the Best Chocolate 1052. Timeline of the far future 1053. Eyecandy – Visual Technique Library 1054. Are Sunk Costs Fallacies? 1055. Category:Unidentified people 1056. Vernacular Economics: How Building Codes & Taxes Shape Regional Architecture […]
25 interesting facts #30
726. While most social progress has been made in a nonlinear fashion, people believe progress is made in a linear fashion (Hur and Ruttan 2023) 727. The flow of information provided by East German industrial espionage in the West led to a significant narrowing of sectoral gaps between West and East Germany (Glitz and Meyersson […]
The many causes of Brexit #2
Last year I wrote a post on the endless supply of contextual factors that (might) explain support for Brexit. In brief, I argued that a potential problem with the different studies examining the different factors is that they only contribute to the illusion of cumulative science. That is, just because a new study is able […]