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[91] p-hacking fast and slow: Evaluating a forthcoming AER paper deeming some econ literatures less trustworthy

Posted on September 15, 2020August 16, 2021 by Uri Simonsohn

The authors of a forthcoming AER article (.pdf), "Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Publication Bias in Causal Analysis in Economics", painstakingly harvested thousands of test results from 25 economics journals to answer an interesting question: Are studies that use some research designs more trustworthy than others? In this post I will explain why I think their…

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[90] Data Replicada #7: Does Displaying Multiple Copies of a Product Increase Its Perceived Effectiveness?

Posted on August 18, 2020August 14, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In the seventh installment of Data Replicada, we report our attempt to replicate a recently published Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) article entitled, “Product Entitativity: How the Presence of Product Replicates Increases Perceived and Actual Product Efficacy” (.html). In this paper, the authors propose that “presenting multiple product replicates as a group (vs. presenting a…

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[89] Data Replicada #6: The Problem of (Weird) Differential Attrition

Posted on July 21, 2020July 22, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In this sixth installment of Data Replicada, we report our attempt to replicate a recently published Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) article entitled, “The Impact of Resource Scarcity on Price-Quality Judgments” (.html). This one was full of surprises. The primary thesis of this article is straightforward: “Scarcity decreases consumers’ tendency to use price to judge…

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[88] The Hot-Hand Artifact for Dummies & Behavioral Scientists

Posted on May 27, 2020November 18, 2020 by Uri Simonsohn

A friend recently asked for my take on the Miller and Sanjurjo's (2018; pdf) debunking of the hot hand fallacy. In that paper, the authors provide a brilliant and surprising observation missed by hundreds of people who had thought about the issue before, including the classic Gilovich, Vallone, & Tverksy (1985 .htm). In this post:…

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[87] Data Replicada #5: Do Human-Like Products Inspire More Holistic Judgments?

Posted on May 20, 2020May 18, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In the fifth installment of Data Replicada, we report our attempt to replicate a recently published Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) article entitled, “The Influence of Product Anthropomorphism on Comparative Choice” (.html). A product becomes “anthropomorphized” when it is imbued with human-like features, such as a face or a name. For example, this camera, which…

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[86] The Data Colada Seminar Series

Posted on April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Leif Joe and Uri

We miss the old seminars and conferences. While we wait for those to happen again, we’ve decided to organize a seminar series ourselves. Most talks will probably be about behavioral science, but we are figuring things out as we go. The one thing that all talks will have in common is that all three of…

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[85] Data Replicada #4: The Problem of Hidden Confounds

Posted on March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In this installment of Data Replicada, we report on Study 3 of a recently published Journal of Consumer Research article entitled, “Does Curiosity Tempt Indulgence?” (.htm). In that study, participants were induced to feel curious or not and then were asked to (hypothetically) choose between two gym memberships, one for a “normal” gym and one…

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[84] Data Replicada #3: Does Self-Concept Uncertainty Influence Magazine Subscription Choice?

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In the third installment of Data Replicada, we report our attempt to replicate a recently published Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) article entitled, “The Uncertain Self: How Self-Concept Structure Affects Subscription Choice” (.htm). The central theory in the paper can be expressed in the following way: If you are uncertain about your own self-concept, then…

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[83] Data Replicada #2: Do Self-Construal and Group Size Influence How People Make Choices on Behalf of a Group?

Posted on January 15, 2020February 11, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In this second installment of Data Replicada, we report two attempts to replicate a study in a recently published Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) article entitled, “Wine for the Table: Self-Construal, Group Size, and Choice for Self and Others” (.htm). Imagine that you are in a monthly book club and it is your job to…

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[82] Data Replicada #1: Do Elevated Viewpoints Increase Risk Taking?

Posted on December 11, 2019February 11, 2020 by Joe & Leif

In this post, we report our attempt to replicate a study in a recently published Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) article entitled, “Having Control Over and Above Situations: The Influence of Elevated Viewpoints on Risk Taking” (.htm). The article’s abstract summarizes the key result: “consumers’ views of scenery from a high physical elevation induce an…

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