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 Invitation: Conference on Improving Science
Posted by: Jon Krosnick
Title/Position: Professor
School/Organization: Stanford University
Sent to listserv of: SPSSI, SESP
Date posted: November 27th, 2014


This email invites submission of proposals to present a paper at a conference next spring and to have a write-up of the presentation be included in a post-conference publication.

The conference will be held at Stanford University on April 30 and May 1, 2015, and will be hosted by the Group on Best Scientific Practices (GBSP) at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (CASBS); the group is co-directed by Lee Jussim (Rutgers), Jon Krosnick (Stanford), and Simine Vazire (UC Davis).

The focus of the conference will be on best practices in scientific investigation, enhancing replicability of findings, improving self-correction in science, and related topics.

Ideal presentations/write-ups will describe new empirical investigations of these issues, for example touching on such themes as (but not limited to):

(1) the frequency with which science self-corrects and the factors that enhance the ability of do so

(2) the prevalence and meaning of successful and unsuccessful replication attempts

(3) whether, when, and how much failed replications do and should influence subsequent scientific claims and conclusions

(3) Over-claiming (e.g., overgeneralizing findings based on narrow samples of participants or stimuli or situations; overstating effect sizes or the implications of small effect sizes; ignoring alternative explanations for findings or ignoring theoretically or politically unappealing results)

(4) The effectiveness of new statistical approaches for enhancing science's ability to discern the truth

(5) Changes in the use of questionable research practices and of replicability of findings over time in the past as reforms have been instituted in the conduct and publishing of research.

(6) Changes in other measures of quality of scientific research (transparency, willingness to share data, sample sizes, frequency of p-values just below .05) as reforms have been instituted.

(7) the factors that encourage suboptimal scientific practices and strategies to reduce their impact.

(8) any other topics that will help scientists to understand how scientific practices have at times been off track and how such practices might be improved to enhance the efficiency with which science makes discoveries and self-corrects.

Presenters at the conference will include scholars from psychology and other disciplines that have been grappling with and investigating these issues, including medicine and the natural sciences.

Proposals are welcomed from all interested researchers, but the organizers have funds available to defray travel and accommodations and food expenses for some or all assistant professors (or the equivalent) from academic institutions whose papers are accepted for inclusion in the program. Therefore, proposals from such individuals are especially welcomed.

The organizers' intention is for all presenters to write up their findings and presentations for publication following the conference in a special issue of a journal or in a book. Written contributions will be subjected to conventional peer review with the intention of including all papers in the ultimate publication.

Proposals for papers to be presented and written should be no more than two pages double-spaced and should be submitted before 11 pm PACIFIC time on January 16, 2015, to Sean Stevens at seantstevens@gmail.com.

All submitters will be notified of selection decisions by January 30, 2015, at the latest.

Questions about this solicitation may be addresses to Sean Stevens at seantstevens@gmail.com.




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