False-Positive Citations

Perspectives on Psychological Science, Forthcoming

11 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2017 Last revised: 4 Apr 2017

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Joseph P. Simmons

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Leif D. Nelson

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Uri Simonsohn

ESADE Business School; Ramon Llull University - ESADE Business School; ESADE Business School

Date Written: March 27, 2017

Abstract

This invited paper describes how we came to write an article called "False-Positive Psychology."

Keywords: P-Hacking; Research Methods; Replicability

Suggested Citation

Simmons, Joseph P. and Nelson, Leif D. and Simonsohn, Uri, False-Positive Citations (March 27, 2017). Perspectives on Psychological Science, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2916240

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