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

[Dolphin]

I've no knowledge that this specifically mentions ME/CFS.
But some of us are interested in this issue/theme - that published research may not be fully accurate (other reasons rather than simply publication bias may also be relevant, I think)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iops.12045/abstract

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.

 

[Esther12]

I couldn't find the text for the paper, but have found some correspondance about this paper which makes it sound interesting.

I wasn't sure if there was a typo here:

I've knowledge that this specifically mentions ME/CFS.
But some of us are interested in this issue/theme...

 

[Dolphin]

I couldn't find the text for the paper, but have found some correspondance about this paper which makes it sound interesting.

I wasn't sure if there was a typo here:

I've knowledge that this specifically mentions ME/CFS.
But some of us are interested in this issue/theme...

Thanks - fixed it:

I've no knowledge that this specifically mentions ME/CFS.

 

[Esther12]

That does make it less exciting! Ah well.