Thad Dunning and Susan D. Hyde in the Washington Post: Like many social scientists, we take it almost as an article of faith that scientific methods will advance our knowledge about how the world works. The growing use by social scientists of strong research designs — for example, randomized controlled experiments or…
Panel on Transparency and Replication @ EGAP 11 (Berkeley, CA — Friday 4/11)
Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP) will be holding its eleventh bi-annual meeting in Berkeley, CA this Friday and Saturday (April 11-12). In addition to research design workshops and recent papers presentations, the meeting will feature an interdisciplinary panel on transparency and replication (Friday, 3.50-6.00pm): 3:50 – 4:10 PM Thad Dunning “EGAP Regranting…
Funding Opportunity for Coordinated Research on Political Accountability
The Experiments in Governance and Politics network (EGAP) is requesting statements of interest for leading edge experimental research projects on political accountability in developing countries. This grant round is specifically designed to foster knowledge cumulation across studies. Successful applicants will engage in closely related projects and adhere to a common set of…
BITSS Affiliates Advocate for Higher Transparency Standards in Science Magazine
In the January 3, 2014 edition of Science Magazine, an interdisciplinary group of 19 BITSS affiliates reviews recent efforts to promote transparency in the social sciences and make the case for more stringent norms and practices to help boost the quality and credibility of research findings. The authors, led by UC Berkeley…
Monkey Business
By Macartan Humphreys (Political Science, Columbia & EGAP) I am sold on the idea of research registration. Two things convinced me. First I have been teaching courses in which each week we try to replicate prominent results produced by political scientists and economists working on the political economy of development. I advise…