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This presentation was part of the session "Promoting Research Integrity: 'Best Practices' in Social-Personality Research" at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2014 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. This session addressed current crises in the field, and highlight improvements for strengthening our science while maintaining productivity. (Feb. 15, 2014)
Introduction: Jennifer Bosom, University of South Florida
Speaker:
"Ethical Boundaries in Research Design and Scholarly Communication: You are Not Stapel"
Laura King, University of Missouri-Columbia
Some scholars have drawn links between Stapel's outright fraud and other common practices, conflating scientific fraud with the replicability crisis. Dr. King argues that the line between these issues is not as fuzzy as some have proposed. She suggests strategies for research design and reportage that alleviate concerns over the ethical aspects of research, weighing the value of accuracy over that of a 'good story.' And illustrates that changing the way we view replications (and failures to replicate) from an ethical standpoint is vital to the continuing health of the field.
This presentation was part of the session "Promoting Research Integrity: 'Best Practices' in Social-Personality Research" at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2014 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. This session addressed current crises in the field, and highlight improvements for strengthening our science while maintaining productivity. (Feb. 15, 2014)
Introduction: Jennifer Bosom, University of South Florida
Speaker:
"Ethical Boundaries in Research Design and Scholarly Communication: You are Not Stapel"
Laura King, University of Missouri-Columbia
Some scholars have drawn links between Stapel's outright fraud and other common practices, conflating scientific fraud with the replicability crisis. Dr. King argues that the line between these issues is not as fuzzy as some have proposed. She suggests strategies for research design and reportage that alleviate concerns over the ethical aspects of research, weighing the value of accuracy over that of a 'good story.' And illustrates that changing the way we view replications (and failures to replicate) from an ethical standpoint is vital to the continuing health of the field.
