How Trustworthy Is the Scientific Literature in Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

[Dolphin]

I haven't read this. But I've come across a free copy of the full text so, as it sounds interesting (to me anyway), I thought I'd highlight it: http://www.researchgate.net/publica...tional_psychology/file/72e7e5205082e4ea28.pdf

The reason why I personally think it sounds interesting is:

(i) it looks like it covers the issue of how the literature in many scientific fields may not be a perfect presentation of the real world.

(ii) it looks at psychology in particular, which I think may need to be particularly scrutinised in this regard.

How Trustworthy Is the Scientific Literature in Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

Sven Kepes*, Michael A. McDaniel

Article first published online: 6 AUG 2013
DOI: 10.1111/iops.12045

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

This focal article has benefited from feedback provided by several colleagues.

Abstract

The trustworthiness of research findings has been questioned in many domains of science.

This article calls for a review of the trustworthiness of the scientific literature in industrial–organizational (I–O) psychology and a reconsideration of common practices that may harm the credibility of our literature.

We note that most hypotheses in I–O psychology journals are confirmed.

Thus, we are either approaching omniscience or our journals are publishing an unrepresentative sample of completed research.

We view the latter explanation as more likely.

We review structural problems in the publication process and in the conduct of research that is likely to promote a distortion of scientific knowledge.

We then offer recommendations to make the I–O literature more accurate and trustworthy.

 

[SilverbladeTE]

How Trustworthy Is the Scientific Literature in Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

Hm? About as trustworthy as a hungry flying piranha with a sausage fetish that has attached itself to yer winky in a surprise sneak attack after you went for pee in the jungle, I would suggest