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What the evidence found 3 findings
Based on 10 sources:
PMC article on transparency and reproducibility-related reporting peer-reviewed View
Annual Review of Psychology peer-reviewed View
PMC article on prevalence of transparency and reproducibility peer-reviewed View
University of Virginia institutional View
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PMC Systematic Review peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate institutional View
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Open Research Amsterdam institutional View
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Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed View
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences peer-reviewed View
Making ERP research more transparent: Guidelines for preregistration peer-reviewed View
Questionable research practices in comparative simulation studies peer-reviewed View
Effectiveness of psychotherapy: Synthesis of a meta-analytic peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
Collabra: Psychology peer-reviewed View
American Psychological Association institutional View
PMC article on meta-analysis overestimation peer-reviewed View
PMC article on statistical power requirements peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate meta-meta-analysis study peer-reviewed View
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Scinexor TransSoc peer-reviewed View
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MDPI peer-reviewed View
Research Synthesis Methods peer-reviewed View
Brooks Bush Institute institutional View
Large-Scale Replication Projects in Contemporary Psychological Research peer-reviewed View
Hogrefe eContent peer-reviewed View
Large Scale Replication Projects in Contemporary Psychological Research peer-reviewed View
Many Labs 2: investigating variation in replicability across sample and setting peer-reviewed View
Many Labs 5: Testing Pre-Data-Collection Peer Review peer-reviewed View
A Critique of the Many Labs Projects institutional View
What research hasn't answered 3 gaps
PMC article on transparency and reproducibility-related reporting peer-reviewed View
Annual Review of Psychology peer-reviewed View
PMC article on prevalence of transparency and reproducibility peer-reviewed View
University of Virginia institutional View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
PMC article on transparency and reproducibility-related reporting peer-reviewed View
Annual Review of Psychology peer-reviewed View
PMC article on prevalence of transparency and reproducibility peer-reviewed View
University of Virginia institutional View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
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