The Replication CrisisWhat was found, why it happened, and what has changed.PsychologyThe causes and the reforms.CausesPublication bias toward positive resultsp-hacking — analysing until significantHARKing — hypothesising after results are knownSmall, underpowered samplesNo incentive to replicateFlexible analysis choicesReformsPre-registration of hypotheses and analysisRegistered reports — accepted before resultsOpen data and materialsLarger samples, power analysisMulti-lab replication projectsEffect sizes reported, not just pPriming and ego-depletion effects fared particularly badly. The reformshave improved practice substantially since 2015.The Replication Crisislearnposters.com
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12 entries in 2 groups.

The causes and the reforms.

Priming and ego-depletion effects fared particularly badly. The reforms have improved practice substantially since 2015.

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What’s on the The Replication Crisis poster?
12 entries in 2 groups. The causes and the reforms. Causes: Publication bias toward positive results, p-hacking — analysing until signifi…; Reforms: Pre-registration of hypotheses and analysis, Registered reports — accepted b…. Priming and ego-depletion effects fared particularly badly. The reforms have improved practice substantially since 2015.
Who is the The Replication Crisis poster for?
The Replication Crisis belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning methods & statistics can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Replication Crisis poster?
Roughly a third to a half of tested effects replicated. The causes were structural. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Replication Crisis belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Replication Crisis?
Choosing a Test, Descriptive Statistics and Research Ethics sit alongside The Replication Crisis in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Choosing a TestDescriptive StatisticsResearch Ethics
Is the The Replication Crisis poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Replication Crisis downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Replication Crisis poster print at?
The Replication Crisis is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Replication Crisis loses nothing.Printing guide

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