Methodolatry

Question 1

Methodolatry

Answer 1

Tendency to see methodological rigour as the only requirement for scientific research, at the expense of theory formation.

Question 2

Scientific method 5 important characteristics

Answer 2

• systematicity and cumulativeness: Importance of building knowledge on existing knowledge
• Well-defined methods: info gathered in line with agreed methods that are clearly outlined
• Clarity: findings are interpreted in the same way
• Predictions: Importance of prediction in the future
• Revisable: open and revisable at all times. Knowledge isn’t person bound.

Question 3

Pseudoscience

Answer 3

Knowledge that pretends to be scientific but violates methods in all essential aspects.

Question 4

Vul’s Voodoo correlations

Answer 4

Neuroticism debunking. Start of internet showed lot of mistakes in research. Reliability of the test was too low to even get the correlation

Question 5

Questionable Research Practices (QRPs)

Answer 5

P hacking
Publication bias (only publishing positive)
HARKing
Dropping conditions that ‘don’t work’ or leaving out results

Question 6

Nosek’s solutions

Answer 6

Open science & materials

FAIR data (findable, accessible, interpretabel, reusable)

TOP guidelines (Transparant and Opennes Promotion)

Question 7

Merton’s core values

Answer 7

Communalism: Scientific products belong to no one

Universalism: Truth claims are judged the same, no matter who makes them

Disinterestedness: the researcher does not have interest in the results.

Organized skepticism: Ideas are cracked down and tested no matter who produced them.