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Introduction to Meta-Analysislogin required

September 26, 2024

Introduces the basic steps of performing a meta-analytic review, from identifying research questions, searching and coding the literature, statistical analysis, through presenting results.

Editor Spotlight: Mark R. Beauchamp

April 4, 2022

Beauchamp aims to publish high-quality qualitative and quantitative research that enhances the journal’s commitment to open science.

Panayiota Kendeou, PhD

March 28, 2022

Editor-in-chief Panayiota Kendeou, PhD encourages authors to embrace the challenge of learning about and implementing open science practices by describing the steps taken to implement these practices in the Journal of Educational Psychology.

International Research Databases

March 1, 2022

These databases can aid cross-cultural research and internationalization of psychology.

Publication ethics: An introduction to COPE

February 28, 2022

Learn how APA promotes integrity in research and publication through our membership with the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Keith Yeates, PhD

January 11, 2022

Keith Yeates, PhD, editor of Neuropsychology, discusses Constraints on Generality statements and the ways in which they encourage studying samples that are representative of diverse populations.

Open science is surging

January 1, 2022

Open science is becoming the norm in psychology—a trend spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic

Katie Witkiewitz, PhD

December 1, 2021

Katie Witkiewitz, PhD, discusses the significance of CRediT and the ways in which the taxonomy promotes transparency and equity in publishing.

Incorporating open science practices into your lab

November 1, 2021

Open science can seem intimidating. Researchers share some manageable ways to start the process.

Addressing equity gaps in open science

September 1, 2021

APA is tackling many of the biases and inequities that stop more people from participating in open science.

TOP Guidelines Interview

August 24, 2021

APA open science experts discuss the TOP Guidelines and why they are important for transparency and openness in research, as well as the future of psychology.

How “open science” is changing psychological research

June 16, 2021

Brian Nosek, PhD, discusses the reproducibility crisis in psychological science and how to address the problem by changing the way research studies are funded, conducted, and published

Getting Started with Open Science

June 8, 2021

Our knowledgeable panel of open science experts discuss open science issues and answer questions

The Future of Open Science: The Need to Change Culture to Change Science

April 26, 2021

Improvements in the openness, rigor, and reproducibility of psychological science requires substantial changes in the culture of how we conduct and report science

Transparency and Openness Promotion

April 22, 2021

TOP Guidelines help make science and data more accessible through multiple aspects of research planning and reporting for journals to follow, providing transparency on contributions and allowing for replication.

Preregistration

January 6, 2021

Preregistration allows researchers to specify and share the details of their research in a public registry before conducting the study.

Best Practices in Open Science Data Analysis: Ethics, Visualization, and Estimation: WS403

September 1, 2020

Teaches participants the ethics of data analysis, how to visualize statistical models, and how to supplement visuals with effect sizes to answer research questions.

Ways to embrace transparency

January 1, 2020

How to teach replicability

January 1, 2020

Students intuitively embrace open science and transparent research principles. How to help the next generation of psychologists put those principles into practice.

Methodological and Statistical Advancements in Clinical Assessment

December 1, 2019

Special issue of the APA journal Psychological Assessment, Vol. 31, No. 12, December 2019. Includes articles about reliability, item response theory, factor analysis, scale development, construct validity, clinical decision making, multicultural/diversity contexts, response bias, neuroscience, and experience sampling.

A deep dive into adolescent development

June 1, 2019

Spearheaded by psychologists, a new long-term study will produce mountains of open-access data on adolescents

Finding treasure in public data

May 1, 2019

Large public data sets offer psychologists exciting, rich and cost-saving opportunities for data reuse

Big data gets bigger

November 1, 2018

Large data sets—generated by social media, wearables and other sources—are opening more avenues for researchers to explore real-world human behavior

Trends report: Psychologists embrace open science

November 1, 2017

The field is working to change cultural norms to encourage more data sharing and open science

A gatekeeper for big data in genomics

September 1, 2017

As a program director at the National Human Genome Research Institute, Vivian Ota Wang shapes how researchers access vast amounts of biomedical data

NIH toolbox offers easier data collection

December 1, 2016

The set of measures is useful for both researchers and clinicians alike—and can save money and time over traditional tools

Employers seek experts to analyze behavioral data

October 1, 2016

Psychologists are finding new career opportunities in data science