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MOOC: Transparent and Open Social Science Research

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Publication Bias
Week 3: Pre-Registration, Pre-Analysis Plans, and Meta-Analysis
Week 4: Replication and Open Data
Week 5: Data Visualization

MOOC: Week 1

Introduction to research transparency and the scientific ethos
What happens when scientific norms are violated?

Introduction to research transparency and the scientific ethos

In our first activity, I’ll discuss the structure of the rest of the course and introduce you to Merton’s norms – widely held values for conducting science.

1.1 Let’s get started!

1.2 Merton’s norms and the Scientific Ethos

1.3 How closely do we conform to Merton’s norms?