Tecwyn, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2343-2282 (2021) Doing reliable research in comparative psychology: Challenges and proposals for improvement. Journal of comparative psychology, 135 (3). pp. 291-301.

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Abstract

Unlike some other areas of psychology that have experienced a “reproducibility crisis,” the extent to which research findings in comparative psychology are reliable is only just beginning to come under the spotlight. I outline what is known about where we as a field stand in terms of the reliability of our findings and highlight some characteristic features of our research that give may cause for concern, focusing primarily on experimental comparative cognition. I then discuss ways that we as individual researchers and a wider community can take steps to improve our current practices (and in some cases already are) and highlight the crucial role institutions and gatekeepers have to play in effecting change. By tackling potential issues head on, the field of comparative psychology can have more confidence that our research findings and the resultant claims we make about animal behavior and cognition are reliable. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000291
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/7487

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