Research Handbook on the Replication Crisis

This timely Research Handbook examines the theory that there is an ongoing replication crisis in psychology. Expert authors address the context of this claim, analyse various proposed remedies and highlight potential solutions, including results-blind publishing and gain-probability thinking.

This Research Handbook presents the various sides of the debate surrounding the replication crisis, providing detailed insight into the current state of research and suggesting future avenues for approaching the issue of replication in science, impacting not only psychology but a multitude of disciplines. Chapters assess whether the prevalence of empirical findings that fail to replicate studies constitute a crisis. Contributors explore topics such as improving the quality of replication science, preregistration in psychology and replication in marketing.

The Research Handbook on the Replication Crisis is a key resource for students and scholars of meta-science, psychology, research methods, and the wider social and behavioural sciences. It will also benefit researchers, practitioners and methodologists seeking a better understanding of this subject and how it might affect their field.