MOOC: Transparent and Open Social Science Research

“Transparent and Open Social Science Research” is a 5-week massive open online course (MOOC) that introduces learners to threats to research credibility and reproducibility, and tools and practices for ethical, transparent, and reproducible social science research. The MOOC is based on a graduate-level course taught by BITSS Faculty Director Ted Miguel at UC Berkeley.

Find links to the videos and learning materials for each week to learn at your own pace. Watch the videos with French subtitles here.

• Week 1: Introduction to Research Transparency and Reproducibility
• Week 2: Publication Bias
• Week 3: Pre-Registration, Pre-Analysis Plans, and Meta-Analysis
• Week 4: Replication and Open Data
• Week 5: Transparent Data Visualization and Looking Forward