Download This PaperLife after P-Hacking
Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, 17-19 January 2013
38 Pages Posted: 22 Jan 2013
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
In this presentation, we discussed how researchers' commitment to avoid p-hacking will affect their research lives. One conclusion is that most experimental research cannot be successful without at least 50 observations per condition.
Keywords: false-positive psychology, research methods
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Joseph P. Simmons (Contact Author)
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School ( email )
3733 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6374
United States
Leif D. Nelson
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business ( email )
545 Student Services Building, #1900
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720
United States
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