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Improving analytical standards: Global Analytical Robustness Initiative [1]

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Date: 2024-03-11 14:07:15+00:00

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Every research study involves numerous potential outcomes and conclusions, as researchers employ diverse analytical approaches when interpreting empirical data. Recognizing the variability in these methods, my colleagues from the University of Innsbruck, Stanford University, and Dartmouth College, along with myself, have established the Global Analytical Robustness Initiative.

The primary goal of this initiative is to enhance analytical standards within the behavioral and social sciences, thereby boosting the reliability and transparency of research outcomes. The team’s plan is to have 100 studies examined by around 500 experts for analytical robustness and create an open database that makes transparent the correlation between the analytical paths taken in empirical work and the results presented in the research.

There is a lack of analytical resilience in empirical research that slows down the knowledge accumulation process Psychologist Barnabás Szászi

The project will enable researchers to identify and respond to the corresponding problems and challenges. On this basis, the Global Analytical Robustness Initiative aims to issue recommendations on how to increase analytical robustness and train scientists to use the most robust analytical methodologies. “In this way, we hope to strengthen the reliability of future empirical results and, ultimately, foster trust in science.”

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