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January 1, 2018American PsychologistOpen Access

Journal article reporting standards for quantitative research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report.

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Authors

MAMark I. AppelbaumUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill HCHarris CooperUniversité de Corse Pascal Paoli RKRex B. KlineUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Expert consensus report demonstrates updated quantitative reporting guidelines in psychological science, highlighting enhanced rigor for complex statistical methods and diverse designs.

Key Points

Update the 2008 American Psychological Association reporting standards for quantitative research based on a decade of evolving methodological practices.
Convened an American Psychological Association task force to review extant scientific reporting practices and evaluate 10 years of experience with the 2008 standards.
Formulated modular reporting standards tailored to diverse quantitative study designs and advanced statistical methodologies.
Mandated the distinct division of hypotheses, analyses, and conclusions into primary, secondary, and exploratory categories alongside updated meta-analysis standards.
Introduced specialized reporting modules for observational studies, clinical trials, longitudinal studies, replication efforts, N-of-1 designs, structural equation modeling, and Bayesian analysis.
Formally superseded the quantitative research reporting standards previously established in the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

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Appelbaum et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6d027fca0359822aa8a70 https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000191

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Expert consensus report demonstrates updated quantitative reporting guidelines in psychological science, highlighting enhanced rigor for complex statistical methods and diverse designs.