بحوث العلوم النفسية : الإستدال الإحصائي و الأزمة في قابلية التكرار

Abstract EN

Knowledge accumulates due to the succession and development of research, and scientific research is considered an objective tool and means to reveal scientific truth.

Science performs self-correction to correct its course.

Psychological science research faces methodological issues related to statistical inference, namely misunderstanding and misuse of statistical significance, (i.e., p-values), and irreproducibility of findings.

Data-dredging became a process carried out by researchers to find statistically significant results that justify publication, as a result of high competition in the academic environment.

This paper presents the efforts of scientists toward these issues, including a statement on statistical significance and p values issued by the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Open Science Framework (OSF), and the Open Science Collaboration which replicated 100 experimental and correlational studies to obtain an initial estimate of the reproducibility of psychological research findings.

The paper also presents a number of suggested solutions.

Hopefully, this paper will stimulate discussion among researchers and contribute to opening a new outlook for psychological research.