Cute but uncooperative: the measurement issues with babies. this has led to a constant improvement in methods #OpenScienceIMC
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a plug for Metalab - provides Interactive tools for community-augmented meta-analysis, power analysis, and experimental planning in cognitive development research http://metalab.stanford.edu/about.html
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The ManyBabies project: one benefit is the community building sidehttps://osf.io/rpw6d/
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Testing a foundational assumption in the field: do infants prefer infant-directed speech over adult-directed speech? idea: do the methods used to test this matter?
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Documenting lab variability: using videos to document the procedures used.
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additional advantages of walkthrough videos: education, supplements the methods section, guide for new labs
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what's currently missing? 1. clear labels and definitions (preprint, pre-registration, what is a replication, what is not). 2. scaffolding is required - your first pre-registration may not go smoothly
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Replying to @ce_parsons
One really interesting about Dev Psych, if I understand correctly (I only worked in a lab like that for a couple years), is that a lot of people know which studies are not sufficiently specified to be replicable but nobody does the same calibre of call-outs for better or worse...
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Replying to @o_guest @ce_parsons
I think many scientific fields have that in-group tacit knowledge which is not communicated loudly. And it's motivated by everything from prestige cartels ("only we know what's actually good and how to do good science") to just smart intuition based on experience.
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There is a lot of this.
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For sure, but the contrast I brought up is very specific.
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