43: Death, taxes, and publication bias in meta-analysis (with Daniel Lakens)

Daniel’s opinion on the current state of meta-analysis

The benefit of reporting guidelines (even though hardly anyone actually follows them)

How fixing publication bias can fix science

Meta-analysis before and after that Bem paper

How to correct for publication bias

Whether meta-analyses are just published for the citations

The benefits of pre-registering meta-analysis

How we get people to share their data

How sharing data doesn’t just benefit others - it also helps you replicate your own analyses later

Success is tied to funding, no matter how “cheap” your research is

How people can say “yes” to cumulative science, but “no” to sharing data

Responding to mistakes

How to find errors in your own papers before submission

We ask Daniel: i) If he could should one slide to every introductory psychology lecture in the world, what would say?, ii) What has he changed his mind about in the last few years?, iii) The one book/paper he thinks everyone should read

Daniel also gives James and Dan ideas for their 50th episode