Mullarkey, Michael

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How Open Science Can Make Your Life EasierMichael MullarkeyInstitute for Mental Health ResearchThank you!WHAT THIS TALK IS NOTOverview• Get credit and find new ideas more quickly• Test research questions without having to spend years collecting the data• Save time by learning new methods more quickly and easily• Catch potentially fatal (or just annoying) flaws in research design earlierOverview• Get credit and find new ideas more quickly• Test research questions without having to spend years collecting the data• Save time by learning new methods more quickly and easily• Catch potentially fatal (or just annoying) flaws in research design earlierSUBMITTING A PAPER IS A BIG DEAL, BUT IT CAN BE KIND OF ANTI-CLIMATICCAN FIND OUT IMPORTANT INFO WAY EARLIER THAN NORMALOverview• Get credit and find new ideas more quickly• Test research questions without having to spend years collecting data• Save time by learning new methods more quickly and easily• Catch potentially fatal (or just annoying) flaws in research design earlierIT’S LUDICROUSLY HARD TO COLLECT ENOUGH DATA AS A STUDENT TO BE PROPERLY POWEREDNUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A MEDIUM EFFECT SIZE = 74NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A SMALL EFFECT SIZE = 543OFTEN HAVE TO “BALANCE” RIGOR AND FEASIBILITYOverview• Get credit and find new ideas more quickly• Test research questions without having to spend years collecting data• Save time by learning new methods more quickly and easily• Catch potentially fatal (or just annoying) flaws in research design earlierMY DISSERTATION HAS A LOT OF NETWORK ANALYSIS WITHOUT OPEN CODE I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO NETWORK ANALYSISTHIS IS SOMETHING THE OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNITY COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF ORGANIZINGOverview• Get credit and find new ideas more quickly• Test research questions without having to spend years collecting data• Save time by learning new methods more quickly and easily• Catch potentially fatal (or just annoying) flaws in research design earlierWE ALL DON’T LIKE GETTING CAUGHT IN A NEVER-ENDING VORTEX OF ANALYSESHARD TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP AND WHAT’S “REAL”PLENTY OF TIMES WE’VE KICKED OURSELVES FOR STUDY DESIGN CHOICES AFTER THE FACTPRE-REGISTRATION CAN HELP WITH BOTH PROBLEMSBUT WHAT IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE NOT BEING COOL WITH NULL RESULTS?FIRST, PRE-REG DOESN’T STOP YOU FROM DOING EXPLORATORY ANALYSESBUT ARE THOSE JUST FOR NOT SO GREAT JOURNALS?NOPE!JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOR ALSO MIGHT BE WORTH THINKING HARD ABOUT WHAT OUR DEFINITION OF A “GOOD” JOURNAL ISCONCLUSIONSPREPRINTS CAN HELP YOU GET CREDIT AND LEARN NEW STUFF EARLIEROPEN DATA CAN HELP YOU TEST YOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONSSEEKING OUT OPEN CODE CAN HELP YOU LEARN NEW ANALYSESPRE-REGISTRATION AND REGISTERED REPORTS CAN HELP FIX STUDY DESIGN PROBLEMS WHEN IT’S MORE HELPFUL QUESTIONS?

How Open Science Can Make Your Life Easier

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