Organization:Meta-Research Center at Tilburg University
Established | 2012 |
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Parent institution | Tilburg University |
Location | Tilburg , Netherlands |
Website | metaresearch |
The Meta-Research Center at Tilburg University is a metascience research center within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Dutch Tilburg University. They were profiled in a September 2018 article in Science.[1]
Research
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Meta-research aims to improve reproducibility by studying how science is practiced and published and developing better ways for the scientific community to operate.
The research institute has published a large statistical meta-analysis of studies on the effect of Stereotype threat on girls' mathematics performance. They also use methods for estimating publication bias.[2]
The research institute has developed an R based software tool called Statcheck that can detect incorrect statistical methods used in research articles. A large amount of statistical errors were detected in a sample of 50 000 psychology research articles.[3] The use of it was perceived negatively by some of the researchers.[4][5][6] The data mining practices of the research center have been in conflict with the policies of scientific publisher Elsevier.[7]
A scientific misconduct case in the field of social psychology at Tilburg University has been a contributing factor in establishing the research center.[4]
Advocacy
The research center makes recommendations for other researchers about how to avoid publication bias and to improve the statistical strength of results. They have stated support for pre-registration of studies and open sharing of research data.[5]
See also
- Meta-research
- Scientometrics
- Addressing the replication crisis
- List of metascience research centers and organisations
References
- ↑ Stokstad, Erik (2018). "The truth squad". Science 361 (6408): 1189–1191. doi:10.1126/science.361.6408.1189. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 30237339.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flore, Paulette C.; Wicherts, Jelte M. (2014). "Does stereotype threat influence performance of girls in stereotyped domains? A meta-analysis". Journal of School Psychology 53 (1): 25–44. doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2014.10.002. ISSN 0022-4405. PMID 25636259.
- ↑ Nuijten, Michèle B.; Hartgerink, Chris H. J.; Van Assen, Marcel A. L. M.; Epskamp, Sacha; Wicherts, Jelte M. (2015). "The prevalence of statistical reporting errors in psychology (1985–2013)". Behavior Research Methods 48 (4): 1205–1226. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0664-2. PMID 26497820.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Buranyi, Stephen (2017-02-01). "The high-tech war on science fraud". the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Monya Baker (2015-10-28). "Smart software spots statistical errors in psychology papers". Nature News & Comment. http://www.nature.com/news/smart-software-spots-statistical-errors-in-psychology-papers-1.18657. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ↑ Buranyi, Stephen (2016-09-05). "Scientists Are Worried About 'Peer Review by Algorithm' - Motherboard". motherboard.vice.com. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/scientists-are-worried-about-peer-review-by-algorithm-statcheck. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ↑ Jozien Wijkhuis (2015-11-23). "PhD student stops research because of Elsevier conflict | Univers". Univers. The Independent News Website of Tilburg University. https://universonline.nl/2015/11/23/phd-student-stops-research-because-of-elsevier-conflict. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
External links
- "Meta-Research Center". http://metaresearch.nl/. Retrieved 2017-02-22. "School of Social and Behavioral Sciences"
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