Fields closely related to empirical legal research are enhancing their methods to improve the credibility of their findings. This includes making data, analysis code, and other materials openly available, and preregistering studies. Empirical legal research appears to be lagging behind other fields. This may be due, in part, to a lack of meta-research and guidance on empirical legal studies. The authors seek to fill that gap by evaluating some indicators of credibility in empirical legal research, including a review of guidelines at legal journals. They then provide both general recommendations for researchers, and more specific recommendations aimed at three commonly used empirical legal methods: case law analysis, surveys, and qualitative studies. They end with suggestions for policies and incentive systems that may be implemented by journals and law schools.
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We present a consensus-based checklist to improve and document the transparency of research reports in social and behavioural research. An accompanying online application allows users to complete the form and generate a report that they can submit with their manuscript or post to a public repository.
- Subject:
- Psychology
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Reading
- Provider:
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Author:
- Agneta Fisher
- Alexandra M. Freund
- Alexandra Sarafoglou
- Alice S. Carter
- Andrew A. Bennett
- Andrew Gelman
- Balazs Aczel
- Barnabas Szaszi
- Benjamin R. Newell
- Brendan Nyhan
- Candice C. Morey
- Charles Clifton
- Christopher Beevers
- Christopher D. Chambers
- Christopher Sullivan
- Cristina Cacciari
- D. Stephen Lindsay
- Daniel Benjamin
- Daniel J. Simons
- David R. Shanks
- Debra Lieberman
- Derek Isaacowitz
- Dolores Albarracin
- Don P. Green
- Eric Johnson
- Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
- Eveline A. Crone
- Fernando Hoces de la Guardia
- Fiammetta Cosci
- George C. Banks
- Gordon D. Logan
- Hal R. Arkes
- Harold Pashler
- Janet Kolodner
- Jarret Crawford
- Jeffrey Pollack
- Jelte M. Wicherts
- John Antonakis
- John Curtin
- John P. Ioannidis
- Joseph Cesario
- Kai Jonas
- Lea Moersdorf
- Lisa L. Harlow
- M. Gareth Gaskell
- Marcus Munafò
- Mark Fichman
- Mike Cortese
- Mitja D. Back
- Morton A. Gernsbacher
- Nelson Cowan
- Nicole D. Anderson
- Pasco Fearon
- Randall Engle
- Robert L. Greene
- Roger Giner-Sorolla
- Ronán M. Conroy
- Scott O. Lilienfeld
- Simine Vazire
- Simon Farrell
- Stavroula Kousta
- Ty W. Boyer
- Wendy B. Mendes
- Wiebke Bleidorn
- Willem Frankenhuis
- Zoltan Kekecs
- Šimon Kucharský
- Date Added:
- 08/07/2020