Search Results - "Nelson, Leif D."

Psychology's Renaissance by Nelson, Leif D, Simmons, Joseph, Simonsohn, Uri

“…In 2010-2012, a few largely coincidental events led experimental psychologists to realize that their approach to collecting, analyzing, and reporting data made…”
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Pre‐registration: Why and How by Simmons, Joseph, Nelson, Leif, Simonsohn, Uri

“…In this article, we (1) discuss the reasons why pre‐registration is a good idea, both for the field and individual researchers, (2) respond to arguments…”
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Pay-what-you-want, identity, and self-signaling in markets by Gneezy, Ayelet, Gneezy, Uri, Riener, Gerhard, Nelson, Leif D

“…We investigate the role of identity and self-image consideration under "pay-what-you-want" pricing. Results from three field experiments show that often, when…”
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False-Positive Citations by Simmons, Joseph P., Nelson, Leif D., Simonsohn, Uri

“…We describe why we wrote “False-Positive Psychology,” analyze how it has been cited, and explain why the integrity of experimental psychology hinges on the…”
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Shared Social Responsibility: A Field Experiment in Pay-What-You-Want Pricing and Charitable Giving by Gneezy, Ayelet, Gneezy, Uri, Nelson, Leif D, Brown, Amber

“…A field experiment (N = 113,047 participants) manipulated two factors in the sale of souvenir photos. First, some customers saw a traditional fixed price,…”
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Anchoring in Payment: Evaluating a Judgmental Heuristic in Field Experimental Settings by JUNG, MINAH H., PERFECTO, HANNAH, NELSON, LEIF D.

“…Anchoring, the biasing of estimates toward a previously considered value, is a long-standing and oft-studied phenomenon in consumer research. However, most…”
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The Effect of Accuracy Motivation on Anchoring and Adjustment: Do People Adjust From Provided Anchors? by Simmons, Joseph P, LeBoeuf, Robyn A, Nelson, Leif D

“…Increasing accuracy motivation (e.g., by providing monetary incentives for accuracy) often fails to increase adjustment away from provided anchors, a result…”
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From "Where" to "What": Distributed Representations of Brand Associations in the Human Brain by CHEN, YU-PING, NELSON, LEIF D., HSU, MING

“…Considerable attention has been given to the notion of a set of humanlike characteristics associated with brands, referred to as "brand personality." The…”
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Enhancing the Television‐Viewing Experience through Commercial Interruptions by Nelson, Leif D., Meyvis, Tom, Galak, Jeff

“…Consumers prefer to watch television programs without commercials. Yet, in spite of most consumers’ extensive experience with watching television, we propose…”
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Interrupted Consumption: Disrupting Adaptation to Hedonic Experiences by Nelson, Leif D., Meyvis, Tom

“…Six studies demonstrate that interrupting a consumption experience can make pleasant experiences more enjoyable and unpleasant experiences more irritating,…”
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Prosocial spending encourages happiness: A replication of the only experiment reported in Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008) by Kim, Garam, Adams, Ingrid, Diaw, Malik, Celly, Mira, Nelson, Leif D, Jung, Minah H

“…Spending money on one’s self, whether to solve a problem, fulfill a need, or increase enjoyment, often heightens one’s sense of happiness. It is therefore both…”
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Intuitive Biases in Choice versus Estimation: Implications for the Wisdom of Crowds by Simmons, Joseph P., Nelson, Leif D., Galak, Jeff, Frederick, Shane

“…Although researchers have documented many instances of crowd wisdom, it is important to know whether some kinds of judgments may lead the crowd astray, whether…”
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P-curve won't do your laundry, but it will distinguish replicable from non-replicable findings in observational research: Comment on Bruns & Ioannidis (2016) by Simonsohn, Uri, Nelson, Leif D, Simmons, Joseph P

“…p-curve, the distribution of significant p-values, can be analyzed to assess if the findings have evidential value, whether p-hacking and file-drawering can be…”
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Correcting the Past: Failures to Replicate Psi by Galak, Jeff, LeBoeuf, Robyn A., Nelson, Leif D., Simmons, Joseph P.

“…Across 7 experiments (N = 3,289), we replicate the procedure of Experiments 8 and 9 from Bem (2011), which had originally demonstrated retroactive facilitation…”
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Empirical audit and review and an assessment of evidentiary value in research on the psychological consequences of scarcity by O’Donnell, Michael, Dev, Amelia S., Antonoplis, Stephen, Baum, Stephen M., Benedetti, Arianna H., Brown, N. Derek, Carrillo, Belinda, Choi, Andrew L., Connor, Paul, Donnelly, Kristin, Ellwood-Lowe, Monica E., Foushee, Ruthe, Jansen, Rachel, Jarvis, Shoshana N., Lundell-Creagh, Ryan, Ocampo, Joseph M., Okafor, Gold N., Azad, Zahra Rahmani, Rosenblum, Michael, Schatz, Derek, Stein, Daniel H., Wang, Yilu, Moore, Don A., Nelson, Leif D.

“…Empirical audit and review is an approach to assessing the evidentiary value of a research area. It involves identifying a topic and selecting a cross-section…”
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Intuitive Confidence: Choosing Between Intuitive and Nonintuitive Alternatives by Simmons, Joseph P, Nelson, Leif D

“…People often choose intuitive rather than equally valid nonintuitive alternatives. The authors suggest that these intuitive biases arise because intuitions…”
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P-Curve: A Key to the File-Drawer by Simonsohn, Uri, Nelson, Leif D., Simmons, Joseph P.

“…Because scientists tend to report only studies (publication bias) or analyses (p-hacking) that "work," readers must ask, "Are these effects true, or do they…”
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False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant by Simmons, Joseph P., Nelson, Leif D., Simonsohn, Uri

“…In this article, we accomplish two things. First, we show that despite empirical psychologists' nominal endorsement of a low rate of false-positive findings (<…”
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p-Curve and Effect Size: Correcting for Publication Bias Using Only Significant Results by Simonsohn, Uri, Nelson, Leif D., Simmons, Joseph P.

“…Journals tend to publish only statistically significant evidence, creating a scientific record that markedly overstates the size of effects. We provide a new…”
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Specification curve analysis by Simonsohn, Uri, Simmons, Joseph P., Nelson, Leif D.

“…Empirical results hinge on analytical decisions that are defensible, arbitrary and motivated. These decisions probably introduce bias (towards the narrative…”
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