Pearl's Theory of Causal Reasoning From the Perspective of Psychological Research Methods

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith A. Markus
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Causal Reasoning ◽  
Psychological Research

Digital Traces: New Data, Resources, and Tools for Psychological-Science Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Rafaeli ◽  
Shelly Ashtar ◽  
Daniel Altman
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Large Scale Data ◽  
Scale Data

New technologies create and archive digital traces—records of people’s behavior—that can supplement and enrich psychological research. Digital traces offer psychological-science researchers novel, large-scale data (which reflect people’s actual behaviors), rapidly collected and analyzed by new tools. We promote the integration of digital-traces data into psychological science, suggesting that it can enrich and overcome limitations of current research. In this article, we review helpful data sources, tools, and resources and discuss challenges associated with using digital traces in psychological research. Our review positions digital-traces research as complementary to traditional psychological-research methods and as offering the potential to enrich insights on human psychology.

scholarly journals Discussing the Scientific Evidence Generation and Psychological Research Methods in Postmodern Societies

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Albert Sesé
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Evidence Generation

Abstract Evidence generation by current Social and Health Sciences is coping with some important barriers that difficult credibility of scientific products. Information and communication technologies have a strong impact over social relationships in our postmodern societies. The incidence of post-truth in our context is generating a pernicious relativism, far from contrasting the information veracity. The aim of this paper is to analyze and discuss the challenges of research methods and statistical models, more specifically for Psychological research, taking into account the impact of novel techniques as big data and virtual reality. Special attention is also devoted to the discussion about statistical shortcomings of psychological research and to the reproducibility problem. Finally, some potential solutions are proposed to be applied in order to improve the quality of scientific evidence.

Exonerating EDA, Expanding CDA: A Pragmatic Solution to the Replication Crisis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin Fife ◽  
Joseph Lee Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Exploratory Data Analysis ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Questionable Research Practices ◽  
Replication Crisis ◽  
Exploratory Data

In light of the “replication crisis,” some (e.g., Nelson, Simmons, & Simonsohn, 2018) advocate for greater policing and transparency in research methods. Others (Baumeister, 2016; Finkel, Eastwick, & Reis, 2017; Goldin-meadow, 2016; Levenson, 2017) argue against rigid requirements that may inadvertently restrict discovery. We embrace both positions and argue that proper understanding and implementation of the well-established paradigm of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA; Tukey, 1977) is necessary to push beyond the replication crisis. Unfortunately, many don’t realize EDA exists (Goldin-Meadow, 2016), fail to understand the philosophy and proper tools for exploration (Baumeister, 2016), or reject EDA as unscientific (Lindsay, 2015). EDA’s mistreatment is unfortunate, and is usually based on misunderstanding the nature and goal of EDA. We develop an expanded typology that situates EDA, CDA, and rough CDA in the same framework with fishing, p-hacking, and HARKing, and argue that most, if not all, questionable research practices (QRPs) would be resolved by understanding and implementing the EDA/CDA gradient. We argue most psychological research is “rough CDA,” which has often and inadvertently used the wrong tools. We conclude with guidelines about how these typologies can be integrated into a cumulative research program that is necessary to move beyond the replication crisis.

Mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (message 2)

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Marina Arkadievna Kinkulkina ◽  
Zhanna Robertovna Gardanova ◽  
Vladimir Vladimirovich Novikov ◽  
Dmitriy Fedorovich Khritinin ◽  
Anna Mikhaylovna Novikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Stress Behavior ◽  
Severe Anxiety

This article continues the review of the complex of mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (from anosognosia to severe anxiety and depressive disorders) described in message 1. Significant correlations were found between a number of indicators of experimental psychological research methods and the data from the questionnaire developed by us, which allows speaking about the influence of strategies for coping with stress behavior in doctors of various profiles on the quality of life and their mental responses.

Mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (message 1)

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Marina Arkadievna Kinkulkina ◽  
Zhanna Robertovna Gardanova ◽  
Vladimir Vladimirovich Novikov ◽  
Dmitriy Fedorovich Khritinin
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Severe Anxiety

The article considers various mental reactions of doctors against the background of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, based on a brief scientific analysis of the literature and experimental psychological research methods. It has been found that currently, the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on medical workers causes a complex of mental reactions (from anosognosia to severe anxiety and depressive disorders) and is accompanied by an increase in general anxiety. This pilot study showed the need for further analysis of the problem under consideration.

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