Good Research Practices Edita Chvojková Petr Palíšek The 9 Circles of Scientific Hell | Discover Magazine The crew (with Daniel Lakens) A group of people posing for the camera Description automatically generated Obsah obrázku osoba, muž, interiér Popis se vygeneroval automaticky. … feat. baron HARKonnen Organization of the course - PAQ •Why this weird timetable? •Do I need to be here? •Do I need to read the whole book? Organization of the course - PAQ •Why this weird timetable? •We also need to do research sometime. And you can benefit from a steep learning curve and being done half-semester. •Do I need to be here? •We don't really care, but if you don't show up for a quiz, there's no possibility to sit it later. •Do I need to read the whole book? •Yes. • Organization of the course - PAQ •Why this weird timetable? •We also need to do research sometime. And you can benefit from a steep learning curve and being done half-semester. •Do I need to be here? •We don't really care, but if you don't show up for a quiz, there's no possibility to sit it later. •Do I need to read the whole book? •Yes. In fact, you need to read a bit more than the book. • week seminar lecture assignments 1 Feb 17, 22 none The Sins of Corruptibility & Bean Counting 2 Feb 24, 22 Retraction Watch & How not to fall a victim The Sin of Bias Quiz 1 3 Mar 3, 22 Preregistrations, Registered reports and other saving graces The Sin of Unreliability GA 1 4 Mar 10, 22 Guest: Ethics & GRP + CryptoBias The Sin of Hidden flexibility Quiz 2 5 Mar 17, 22 Guest: GRP in qualitative research + Theory building The Sin of Data Hoarding GA 2 6 Mar 24, 22 Data & Registration Repositories The Sin of Internment Quiz 3 7 Mar 31, 22 Voices against Good Research Practices Redemption 8 Apr 7, 22 Guest: The redeemed sinner none Final assignment Schedule •Contents of modules may slightly change •We are negotiating a guest appearence by an Australian open science activist and academic iconoclast •Stay tuned! And check out the interactive canvas in IS Communication in the course •this is an English-taught course, open to international students, •this is also a platform for open communication and debate, •and a low-key simulation of what you may experience when you decide to study at a university abroad. • •We understand that some of you may not feel comfortable with speaking English. However, if you wish to study abroad or even attend conferences, you'd eventually need to. So don't worry about your mistakes and just try to get the message through. You will NEVER be graded on your language skills, given that you are able to get the message through. However, you will get feedback on the quality of your writing in the assignments. Grading •not an easy course! •however, your chances of passing are high, since we do not give a final grade! •10-point grading scheme •late submissions possible; a penalty (1p/day) applies when you do not provide a reasonable explanation beforehand •4 types of assignments: •Quiz (Q) •Group assignment (GA) •Individual assignment (preregistration/registered-report) •Newsflash! (a week in the world of GRP) • Quizzes •there will be three quizzes altogether •the quizzes are NOT OPEN BOOK, just paper-pencil •composed of from two to several open-ended questions •the purpose of the quizzes is to check whether you read & understood the literature •you will be told what you will be quizzed on (usually the book) •you WILL NOT be tested on encyclopaedic knowledge •The MEDIAN grade for quizzed counts Group assignments •Further details are in the interactive syllabus – groups of 4-5. • 1.Read two articles and write a short blogpost about your position. 2. 2.Briefly comment on a study of your choice with regards to its research practices – is it good, bad, or okay? Final Individual Assignment •Preregistration or registered report •Choose one that fits you best •You are encouraged to (pre)register your thesis! •Deadline may be set individually so that you can profit the most from this assignment (e.g., if you don't have a thesis topic yet) Newsflash! - the week in the world of GRP •Good news – Newsflash is not graded! •Every week at the seminar you can briefly share the interested info you gathered on your scientifically relevant Twitter, or via other media! •This way we can all learn about interesting new things! > A picture containing text, different, several Description automatically generated Shall we roll?