As a researcher who has used a wide variety of methodologies, I understand the importance of acknowledging that we, as researchers, do not pick the methodology; rather, the research question dictates ...

Brian Wansink didn’t mean to spark an investigative fury that revisited his entire life’s work. He meant to write a well-intentioned blog post encouraging PhD students to jump at research ...

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...

A lot of people write about what they see, but scientists have a uniquely effective way to observe the world and develop useful advice.

Meta-analysis is the quantitative, scientific synthesis of research results. Since the term and modern approaches to research synthesis were first introduced in the 1970s, meta-analysis has had a ...

In public opinion surveys, the way questions are asked can influence the answers people give. To better understand this phenomenon, pollsters sometimes measure the degree to which different questions ...

Thomas Merritt receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Teresa Rzezniczak does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

A systematic review is a form of analysis that medical researchers carry out to synthesize all the available evidence on a particular question, such as how effective a drug is. A meta-analysis is a ...