A Call for Open Science in Giftedness Research. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McBee, Matthew T.; Makel, Matthew C.; Peters, Scott J.; Matthews, Michael S.
• Is Part Of: Gifted child quarterly. Volume 62:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 374
• Page End: 388
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: preregistration -- replication -- reproducibility -- replication crisis -- p-hacking -- questionable research practices (QRPs) -- HARKing -- open science -- open data -- open materials -- registered report; Gifted children -- Education -- Periodicals; Gifted children -- Periodicals; 371.9505
• DOI: 10.1177/0016986218784178
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-9862

Abstract

Current practices in study design and data analysis have led to low reproducibility and replicability of findings in fields such as psychology, medicine, biology, and economics. Because gifted education research relies on the same underlying statistical and sociological paradigms, it is likely that it too suffers from these problems. This article discusses the origin of the poor replicability and introduces a set of open science practices that can increase the rigor and trustworthiness of gifted education's scientific findings: preregistration, open data and open materials, registered reports, and preprints. Readers are directed to Internet resources for facilitating open science. To model these practices, a pre peer-review preprint of this article is available athttps://psyarxiv.com/nhuv3/ .