Course Schedule

Unit 1: Replication Crisis & Fallacies in Research

Feb 3

Introduction; Replication & Reproducibility: Slides; Recording

ReadingsIoannidis 2005, Baker 2016, Nelson et al. 2017

AssignmentClass Survey (Due Sunday 2/7)

AssignmentWeek 1 Assignment (Due Sunday 2/7)

Feb 10

Research Methods: Doing & Reading Research: Slides; Recording

ReadingsTED-Ed Video, Reading Article Video

AssignmentWeek 2 Assignment (Due Monday 2/15)

Feb 17

Hypothesis Testing & Statistical Significance; Questionable Research Practices (QPRs): Slides; Recording

ReadingsSuter 2020

AssignmentWeek 3 Assignment (Due Sunday 2/21)

Feb 24

Pressure to Produce, File Drawer Problem, & Publication Bias: Slides; Recording

Readings Lilienfeld 2017, Odic & Wojcik 2019

LabDemo/Lab 1

AssignmentWeek 4 Assignment/Unit 1 Reflection (Due Tuesday 3/2)

Unit 2: Responses & Potential Solutions

Mar 3

Self-Correcting Science & Limits to Replication: Slides; Recording

Readings Guttinger 2020, Tierney 2020

AssignmentWeek 5 Assignment (Due Sunday 3/7)

Mar 10

Open Science Framework: Slides; Recording

Readings Open Science Training Handbook

AssignmentWeek 6 Assignment (Due Sunday 3/14)

Mar 17

Robust Modeling & Validations: Slides; Recording

LabDemo/Lab 2

AssignmentWeek 7 Assignment/Unit 2 Reflection (Due Sunday 3/28)

Mar 24

No MeetingSpring Break

Unit 3: The Alternatives

Mar 31

Prediction vs. Explanation: Slides; Recording

Readings Yarkoni & Westfall 2017

VignetteMilestone 1 (Due Sunday 4/4)

Apr 7

Error Metrics: Slides; Recording

LabDemo/Lab 3

VignetteMilestone 2 (Sunday 4/11)

Apr 14

Bayesian vs. Frequentist Inference: Video 1; Video 2

Readings Colling & Szűcs 2018

AssignmentWeek 10 Assignment/Unit 3 Reflection (Due Tuesday 4/20)

Unit 4: Looking Ahead

Apr 21

Case Study & Conclusion: Slides; Recording Part 1

Readings McKiernan et al. 2016: Recording Part 2

AssignmentEnd-of-Semester Survey (Due Sunday 4/25)

Apr 28

No MeetingNo Class: Vignette Office Hours

VignetteFinal Paper/Vignette (Due Sunday 5/2)