The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network

Hannah  Moshontz; Lorne  Campbell; Charles R  Ebersole; Hans I Jzerman; Heather L  Urry; Patrick S  Forscher; Jon E  Grahe; Randy J  McCarthy; Erica D  Musser; Jan Antfolk; Christopher M  Castille; Thomas Rhys  Evans; Susann  Fiedler; Jessica Kay Flake; Diego A  Forero; Steve M J  Janssen; Justin Robert  Keene; John Protzko; Balazs  Aczel; Daniel  Ansari; Dana  Awlia; Sara Álvarez  Solas; Ernest  Baskin; Carlota  Batres; Martha Lucia   Borras-Guevara; Cameron  Brick; Priyanka  Chandel; Armand  Chatard; William J  Chopik; David  Clarance; Nicholas A  Coles; Barnaby J W Dixson; Katherine S  Corker; Vilius  Dranseika; Yarrow  Dunham; Nicholas W  Fox; Gwendolyn  Gardiner; S Mason  Garrison; Tripat  Gill; Amanda C  Hahn; Bastian  Jaeger; Pavol  Kačmár; Gwenaël  Kaminski; Philipp  Kanske; Zoltan  Kekecs; Melissa  Kline; Monica A  Koehn; Pratibha  Kujur; Carmel A  Levitan; Jeremy K Miller; Ceylan  Okan; Jerome  Olsen; Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios; Asil Ali  Özdoğru; Babita  Pande; Arti  Parganiha; Noorshama  Parveen; Gerit  Pfuhl; Sraddha  Pradhan; Ivan  Ropovik; Nicholas O  Rule; Blair  Saunders; Vidar  Schei; Kathleen  Schmidt; Margaret Messiah  Singh; Miroslav  Sirota; Crystal N  Steltenpohl; Stefan  Stieger; Daniel  Storage; Gavin Brent  Sullivan; Anna  Szabelska; Christian K  Tamnes; Miguel A  Vadillo; Jaroslava V  Valentova; Wolf  Vanpaemel; Marco A C  Varella; Evie  Vergauwe; Mark  Verschoor; Michelangelo  Vianello; Martin  Voracek; Glenn P  Williams; John Paul  Wilson; Janis H  Zickfeld; Jack D  Arnal; Burak  Aydin; Sau-Chin  Chen; Lisa M  DeBruine; Ana Maria  Fernandez; Kai T  Horstmann; Peder M  Isager; Benedict  Jones; Aycan  Kapucu; Hause  Lin; Michael C  Mensink; Gorka  Navarrete; Miguel A  Silan; Christopher R  Chartier

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The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network

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The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network

Hannah Moshontz, Lorne Campbell, Charles R Ebersole, Hans I Jzerman, Heather L Urry, Patrick S Forscher, Jon E Grahe, Randy J McCarthy, Erica D Musser, Jan Antfolk, …

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, Vol.1(4), pp.501-515

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918797607

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Psychological Science Accelerator

crowdsourcing

generalizability

large-scale collaboration

theory development

Concerns about the veracity of psychological research have been growing. Many findings in psychological science are based on studies with insufficient statistical power and nonrepresentative samples, or may otherwise be limited to specific, ungeneralizable settings or populations. Crowdsourced research, a type of large-scale collaboration in which one or more research projects are conducted across multiple lab sites, offers a pragmatic solution to these and other current methodological challenges. The Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) is a distributed network of laboratories designed to enable and support crowdsourced research projects. These projects can focus on novel research questions or replicate prior research in large, diverse samples. The PSA’s mission is to accelerate the accumulation of reliable and generalizable evidence in psychological science. Here, we describe the background, structure, principles, procedures, benefits, and challenges of the PSA. In contrast to other crowdsourced research networks, the PSA is ongoing (as opposed to time limited), efficient (in that structures and principles are reused for different projects), decentralized, diverse (in both subjects and researchers), and inclusive (of proposals, contributions, and other relevant input from anyone inside or outside the network). The PSA and other approaches to crowdsourced psychological science will advance understanding of mental processes and behaviors by enabling rigorous research and systematic examination of its generalizability.

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Title: The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing psychology through a distributed collaborative network
Authors: Hannah Moshontz (Author) - Duke University
Lorne Campbell (Author) - University of Western Ontario
Charles R Ebersole (Author) - University of Virginia
Hans I Jzerman (Author) - Université Grenoble Alpes
Heather L Urry (Author) - Tufts University
Patrick S Forscher (Author) - University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
Jon E Grahe (Author) - Pacific Lutheran University
Randy J McCarthy (Author) - Northern Illinois University
Erica D Musser (Author) - Florida International University
Jan Antfolk (Author) - Åbo Akademi University
Christopher M Castille (Author) - Nicholls State University
Thomas Rhys Evans (Author) - Coventry University
Susann Fiedler (Author) - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Jessica Kay Flake (Author) - McGill University
Diego A Forero (Author) - Universidad Antonio Nariño
Steve M J Janssen (Author) - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Justin Robert Keene (Author) - Texas Tech University
John Protzko (Author) - University of California, Santa Barbara
Balazs Aczel (Author) - Eötvös Loránd University
Daniel Ansari (Author) - University of Western Ontario
Dana Awlia (Author) - Ashland University
Sara Álvarez Solas (Author) - Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM
Ernest Baskin (Author) - Saint Joseph's University
Carlota Batres (Author) - Franklin & Marshall College
Martha Lucia Borras-Guevara (Author) - University of St Andrews
Cameron Brick (Author) - University of Cambridge
Priyanka Chandel (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Armand Chatard (Author) - University of Poitiers
William J Chopik (Author) - Michigan State University
David Clarance (Author) - Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
Nicholas A Coles (Author) - University of Tennessee Medical Center
Barnaby J W Dixson (Author) - University of Queensland
Katherine S Corker (Author) - Grand Valley State University
Vilius Dranseika (Author) - Vilnius University
Yarrow Dunham (Author) - Yale University
Nicholas W Fox (Author) - Rutgers University
Gwendolyn Gardiner (Author) - University of California Los Angeles
S Mason Garrison (Author) - Vanderbilt University
Tripat Gill (Author) - Wilfrid Laurier University
Amanda C Hahn (Author) - Humboldt State University
Bastian Jaeger (Author) - Tilburg University
Pavol Kačmár (Author)
Gwenaël Kaminski (Author) - University of Toulouse
Philipp Kanske (Author) - TU Dresden
Zoltan Kekecs (Author) - Lund University
Melissa Kline (Author) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monica A Koehn (Author) - Western Sydney University
Pratibha Kujur (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Carmel A Levitan (Author) - Occidental College
Jeremy K Miller (Author) - Willamette University
Ceylan Okan (Author) - Western Sydney University
Jerome Olsen (Author) - University of Vienna
Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Asil Ali Özdoğru (Author) - Üsküdar University
Babita Pande (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Arti Parganiha (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Noorshama Parveen (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Gerit Pfuhl (Author) - The Arctic University of Norway
Sraddha Pradhan (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Ivan Ropovik (Author) - University of Prešov
Nicholas O Rule (Author) - University of Toronto
Blair Saunders (Author) - University of Dundee
Vidar Schei (Author) - Norwegian School of Economics
Kathleen Schmidt (Author) - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Margaret Messiah Singh (Author) - Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Miroslav Sirota (Author) - University of Essex
Crystal N Steltenpohl (Author) - University of Southern Indiana
Stefan Stieger (Author) - Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Daniel Storage (Author) - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Gavin Brent Sullivan (Author) - Coventry University
Anna Szabelska (Author) - Queen's University Belfast
Christian K Tamnes (Author) - University of Oslo
Miguel A Vadillo (Author) - Autonomous University of Madrid
Jaroslava V Valentova (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Wolf Vanpaemel (Author) - KU Leuven
Marco A C Varella (Author)
Evie Vergauwe (Author) - University of Geneva
Mark Verschoor (Author) - University of Groningen
Michelangelo Vianello (Author) - University of Padua
Martin Voracek (Author) - University of Vienna
Glenn P Williams (Author) - Abertay University
John Paul Wilson (Author) - Montclair State University
Janis H Zickfeld (Author) - University of Oslo
Jack D Arnal (Author) - McDaniel College
Burak Aydin (Author) - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Sau-Chin Chen (Author) - Tzu Chi University
Lisa M DeBruine (Author) - University of Glasgow
Ana Maria Fernandez (Author) - University of Santiago Chile
Kai T Horstmann (Author) - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Peder M Isager (Author) - Eindhoven University of Technology
Benedict Jones (Author) - University of Glasgow
Aycan Kapucu (Author) - Ege University
Hause Lin (Author) - University of Toronto
Michael C Mensink (Author) - University of Wisconsin–Stout
Gorka Navarrete (Author) - Adolfo Ibáñez University
Miguel A Silan (Author) - University of the Philippines Diliman
Christopher R Chartier (Author) - Ashland University
Publication details: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, Vol.1(4), pp.501-515
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.
DOI: 10.1177/2515245918797607
ISSN: 2515-2467
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99629739502621
Output Type: Journal article

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