Dr Liam Hill

Recognition of the need to teach psychology students about Open Science research practices has grown steadily over the past decade. In the UK, this has recently led to the explicit inclusion of Open Science practices in updated degree accreditation standards (see: BPS, 2024). In particular, there is appreciation of the benefits of training postgraduate students and early career researchers in these essential contemporary research skills (Pownall et al., 2023).

This session will provide an overview of several key Open Science research practices, before focussing more specifically on the use of ‘Open Analysis’ methods within quantitative research. We will discuss a variety of different methods for making the analysis of quantitative data more transparent and reproducible. We will discuss both relatively and more elaborate approaches, including the use of OSF registries and creating ‘dynamic’ scientific reports.  The session will conclude with some ‘case study’ examples of how to train students in such skills, at postgraduate level, drawn from the presenter’s personal experiences of teaching and mentoring postgraduates to develop these competencies.