16: What makes a good psych study? - a podcast by Dan Quintana

What are the defining characteristics of a good psychology study? We received this excellent question from a listener and decided to do a whole episode on this idea.
Some of the topics discussed:When’s the last time you saw a psych study that only reported a t-test?
Dan and James’ new paper on worry and heart rate variabilitySkepticism towards studies with many variables and ‘novel’ statistical approaches (that tend to always provide marvellous results)
Repeated measures ANOVAs vs. linear mixed modelsPublishing convenient ideas, even if they’re wrong
Fishing expeditionsThe ‘nocebo’ effect in action
What are markers of study quality?Pre-registering studies - can it be gamed?
The gradual improvement of psychology studiesLinks
Dan and James' new paper on worry and heart rate variabilityhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27255891
The paper that said "Encouraging experimental psychologists to use LMMs was like giving shotguns to toddlers.”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657634
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