135: A loss of confidence

Dan Quintana and James Heathers chat about well-known psychology studies that we've now lost confidence in due to replication failures and the role of auxiliary assumptions in hypothesis-driven research.
Other links
The reversals in psychology website (https://www.gleech.org/psych)
Anne Scheel and team's paper (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1745691620966795) on whether you’re ready to test hypotheses
Homer Simpson burning bridges meme (https://youtu.be/PnnXc3T_pK8)
The paper (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.02.003) that suggests replications will make psychology too boring and nobody will want to study it
Daniel Lakens’ blog post (http://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2017/07/impossibly-hungry-judges.html) on the hungry judges study
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Episode citation
Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, July 5) "135: A loss of confidence", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/GHKRC