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Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences

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Barnabas Szaszi, Harry T. Clelland, Marton Kovacs, Felix Holzmeister, Hannah Schulz-Kumpel, Sabine Hoffman, Gustav Nilsonne, Livia Kosa, Zoltan A. Torma, Yousuf Abdelfatah, Christopher L. Aberson, Oguz A. Acar, Ensar Acem, Matus Adamkovic, Timofey Adamovich, Krisna Adiasto, Love Ahnström

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VenueWhite Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDecision Sciences
TopicMeta-analysis and systematic reviews
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismComisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y TecnológicaBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyAmsterdam Brain and CognitionEötvös Loránd TudományegyetemNovo Nordisk FondenNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsMarcus och Amalia Wallenbergs minnesfondNorges ForskningsrådAgentúra na Podporu Výskumu a VývojaMinistry of Education, IndiaNovo NordiskUniversiteit GentJohn Templeton FoundationNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaVetenskapsrådetKnut och Alice Wallenbergs StiftelseFonds Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónJoachim Herz StiftungSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungLabex EcodecHarvard UniversityNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekAgence Nationale de la RechercheMagyar Tudományos AkadémiaEconomic and Social Research CouncilDeutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstLeeds Biomedical Research CentreFundacja na rzecz Nauki PolskiejBijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGentEuropean CommissionFonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRSManchester Biomedical Research CentreGrantová Agentura České RepublikyLeverhulme TrustCentre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of CambridgeNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftUK Research and InnovationNational Science Foundation
KeywordsRobustness (evolution)Behavioural sciencesSample size determinationEmpirical researchSample (material)Exploratory research
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Aczel, Balazs; Szaszi, Barnabas; Clelland, Harry T.; Kovacs, Marton; Holzmeister, Felix; van Ravenzwaaij, Don; Schulz-Kümpel, Hannah; Hoffmann, Sabine; Nilsonne, Gustav; Kosa, Livia; Torma, Zoltan A.; Abdelfatah, Yousuf; Aberson, Christopher L.; Acar, Oguz A.; Acem, Ensar; Adamkovic, Matus; Adamovich, Timofey; Adiasto, Krisna; Ahnström, Love; Akil, Atakan M.; Al-Busaidi, Adil S.; Al-Hoorie, Ali H.; Albers, Casper J.; Allen, Peter J.; Alsalti, Taym; Altman, Micah; Alzahawi, Shilaan; Ambrosini, Ettore; Anafinova, Saule; Anand, Rahul; Angerer, Martin; Angulo-Brunet, Ariadna; Antonietti, Alberto; Arato, Jozsef; Arenas, Andreu; Aviña, Marco M.; Azevedo, Flavio; Bachl, Marko; Bago, Bence; Bahník, Štěpán; Baker, Bradley J.; Balayan, Elza; Baldwin, Cassandra L.; Banai, Benjamin; Banas, Kasia; Bartoš, František; Baskin, Ernest; Bastiaansen, Jojanneke A.; Bault, Nadège; Bauman, Christopher W.; Beazer, Quintin H.; Behnke, Maciej; Bendixen, Theiss; Berger, Sebastian; Bernard, Anna; Bernardic, Ursa; Bloom, Paul A.; Boldt, Annika; Bosch-Rosa, Ciril; Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem; Bouyamourn, Adam; Bozkurt, Ozge; Brehm, Laurel; Breuer, Johannes; Briggs, Ryan; Brohmer, Hilmar; Buchanan, Erin; Buckenmaier, Johannes; Buckley, Jeffrey; Buczny, Jacek; Burghart, Matthias; Butt, Bilal H.; Byrd, Nick; Cafarelli, Valentina; Callahan, Patrick; Capitán, Tabaré; Carriere, Kevin; Cataldo, Andrea M.; Cepaluni, Gabriel; Chan, Eugene; Chandler, Jesse J.; Chang, Chia-chen; Chen, Xi; Chen, Shirley Shuo; Chen, Fadong; Chen, Hao; Chirkov, Valerii; Cialfi, Daniela; Clarke, Beth; Coelho, Sophie G.; Cohen, Clara; Collins, Jason; Cook, Susan W.; Corlazzoli, Gaia; Cummins, Jamie; Czymara, Christian; D’hondt, Jonathan; Rosa, Anna Dalla; Davis, Abi M. B.; Davis, Charles P.; Day, Martin V.; De Keyzer, Freya; de Leeuw, Joshua R.; de Vries, Tjeerd Rudmer; Debnath, Ramit; Dechterenko, Filip; Demiral, Elif E.; Desgroseilliers, Marc; Dianovics, Dominik; Diveica, Veronica; Dochow-Sondershaus, Stephan; Dohle, Simone; Dong, LiChen; Dora, Jonas; Dorrough, Angela R.; Dreber, Anna; Du, Hongfei; Edlund, John E.; Eerland, Anita; Efendić, Emir; Elder, Jacob; Elsherif, Mahmoud M.; Ernst, Mareike; Estrada, Eduardo; Eudave, Luis; Evans, Thomas R.; Farrera, Arodi; Ferrouhi, El Mehdi; Fiala, Lenka; Fialho, Fabrício M.; Fiechter, Joshua L.; Fišar, Miloš; Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel; Folwarczny, Michał; Fossum, Jessica L.; Franco, Vithor R.; Freichel, René; Freire, Danilo; Frese, Joris; Furnas, Alexander C.; Gaebler, Johann D.; Gajary, Lisa C.; Galang, Carl Michael; Ganschow, Benjamin; Garrison, S. Mason; Gasiorowska, Agata; Ponne, Bruno Gasparotto; Gauriot, Romain; Geminiani, Alice; Geraldes, Diogo; Gernsbacher, Morton Ann; Giani, Cinzia; Glerean, Enrico; Gligorić, Vukašin; Gnambs, Timo; Godefroidt, Amélie; González-Bustamante, Bastián; Goreis, Andreas; Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz; Grieder, Manuel; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Grinschgl, Sandra; Grüning, David J.; Guassi Moreira, João F.; Guichet, Clément; Gurgand, Lilas; Habibnia, Hooman; Hafenbrack, Andrew C.; Hafenbrädl, Sebastian; Häffner, Carolin; Hagemeister, Felix; Haigh, Matthew; Hajdu, Nandor; Hajimoladarvish, Narges; Hall, Jonathan D.; Hamjediers, Maik; Hardwick, Robert M.; Harma, Mehmet; Harp, Nicholas R.; Hartvig, Áron D.; Heiberger, Raphael H.; Heim, Arthur; Hernæs, Øystein; Hernaus, Dennis; Heyman, Tom; Hicks, Joshua; Hogeveen, Jeremy; Höpler, Julia; Houlihan, Sean Dae; Huber, Christoph; Hughes, Conor; Hummler, Teresa; Huth, Karoline; Ingendahl, Moritz; Ishii, Tatsunori; Isler, Ozan; Izydorczak, Kamil; Jackson, Iain R.; Jahn, Andrew; Jain, Maitri; Jakubow, Alexander; Jang, Daisung; Jang, JunHyeok; Jekel, Marc; Jia, Fanli; Jiménez-Leal, William; Johnson, Rebecca; Jones, Alex; Jungkunz, Sebastian; Kačmár, Pavol; Kaiser, Caspar; Kalaycı, Yağmur; Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw; Karabulut, Anıl; Karch, Julian D.; Karimi-Rouzbahani, Hamid; Karl, Johannes A.; Kažemekaitytė, Austėja; Kazlou, Aliaksandr; Kekecs, Zoltan; Kim, Jin; Kirchler, Michael H.; Kiss-Dobronyi, Bence; Klasmeier, Kai N.; Klein, Jack W.; Koba, Cemal; Kołczyńska, Marta; Kolias, Pavlos; Kolouch Grabovský, Matěj; Korbmacher, Max; Korda, Živa; Kowal, Marta; Kretzschmar, André; Krivoshchekov, Vladislav; Krypotos, Angelos-Miltiadis; Kubsch, Marcus; Kunisato, Yoshihiko; Lacko, David; Landwehr, Jan R.; Lange, Martin; Lee, Hongmi; Lee, Daniel; Lee, Sangil; Lemay, Edward P.; Lempert, Daniel; Leo, Andrea; Lesage, Elise; Levin, Joel M.; Li, Peng; Lin, Jing; Lindsay, Luke; Lisovoj, Daria; Liu, Meng; Liu, Sihong; Liu, Tingshu; Iacono, Sergio Lo; Lodder, Paul; López-Bueno, Rubén; Lopez-Nicolas, Ruben; Loter, Katharina; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Lovakov, Andrey; Lu, Jackson G.; Ludwig, Jonas; Luebber, Finn; Lukavský, Jiří; Luo, Charles Q.; Lyu, Xuanyu; Maassen, Esther; Máčel, Martin; Mack, Michael L.; Madan, Christopher R.; Mädebach, Andreas; Maffly-Kipp, Joseph; Mallinson, Daniel J.; Marchetti, Igor; Marghetis, Tyler; Marini, Matteo M.; Fages, Diego Marino; Martínez, Mayte; Martinoli, Mario; Masiliunas, Aidas; Massoni, Sébastien; Mathieu, Kaleb C.; Mayer, Stefan; Mayer, Duncan J.; Mayer, Maren; McCormick, Ethan M.; McDonough, Ian M.; McGowan, Amanda L.; McIntyre, Miranda M.; McKee, Paul; Meier, Armando N.; Meier, Pascal F.; Melero, Helena; Merkle, Christoph; Merz, Raphael; Michaelides, Michalis P.; Michaelsen, Patrik; Mikolajczak, Gosia; Mill, Wladislaw; Millroth, Philip; Miroshnik, Kirill G.; Misiak, Michal; Mora, Youri L.; Moreau, David; Moreh, Chris; Morvinski, Coby; Mushtaq, Faisal; Nagy, Tamás; Nater, Christa; Naumann, Elias; Navarrete, Gorka; Nebe, Stephan; Nedderhoff, Andre; Nennstiel, Richard; Neugebauer, Martin; Nicolaisen-Sobesky, Eliana; Nielsen, Yngwie A.; Niso, Guiomar; Nowak, Benjamin; Okan, Mehmet; Ong, Kenneth; Onicas, Adrian I.; Oswald, Christian; Otten, Kasper; Pandey, Shubham; Pantazi, Myrto; Papale, Paolo; Pärnamets, Philip; Pauer, Shiva; Pavlov, Yuri G.; Pawel, Samuel; Peelle, Jonathan E.; Peetz, Hannah K.; Peez, Anton; Pesciarelli, Francesca; Peterson, Brenton D.; Petruželka, Benjamin; Petter, Jonas; Pfänder, Jan; Pfuhl, Gerit; Phillips, Joseph; Pietryka, Matthew T.; Pirrone, Angelo; Pit, Ilse L.; Plachti, Anna; Plank, Irene Sophia; Ploner, Matteo; Poldrack, Russell A.; Pollmann, Monique M. H.; Porcher, Simon; Präg, Patrick; Pua, Andrew Adrian Y.; Pugel, Jessica; Puri, Rohan; Püski, Marcell; Radkani, Setayesh; Raes, Louis; Rafaï, Ismaël; Raiber, Klara; Rathje, Steve; Rehms, Raphael; Reshetnikov, Mikhail; Reynolds, Caleb J.; Reynolds, James P.; Rigaud, Kévin; Rioux, Charlie; Rivera, Sebastian; Robertson, Olly; Román-Caballero, Rafael; Ropovik, Ivan; Röseler, Lukas; Ross, Robert M.; Rotella, Amanda; Rüffer, Franziska F.; Rusche, Felix; Rusconi, Massimo; Russo, Irene; Sahm, Alexander H. J.; Salamon, Janos; Samahita, Margaret; Sanaei, Ali; Sangchooli, Arshiya; Sarafoglou, Alexandra; Scandola, Michele; Schaak, Henning; Schaerer, Michael; Schares, Eric; Schilling, Hayden T.; Schmalz, Xenia; Schmidt, Kathleen; Schonberg, Tom; Schreiner, Marcel R.; Schröder, Joris M.; Schubert, Anna-Lena; Schuetze, Brendan; Schultz, Douglas H.; Schulze, Lars; Schwartz, Shawn T.; Schwitter, Nicole; Scoggins, Bermond; Seetahul, Yashvin; Seri, Raffaello; Shanks, David R.; Shaw, Stacy T.; Shaw, Joseph; Shen, Qiang; Siemroth, Christoph; Sladekova, Martina; Somo, Angela; Sondhi, Arjun; Sonmez, Burak; Spantig, Lisa; Speekenbrink, Maarten; Stamos, Angelos; Stasielowicz, Lukasz; Steckermeier, Leonie C.; Steinkamp, Simon R.; Stoevenbelt, Andrea H.; Street, Chris N. H.; Suchow, Jordan W.; Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Sundquist, James; Suschevskiy, Vsevolod; Swain, Scott D.; Szecsi, Peter; Szekely-Copîndean, Raluca D.; Szumowska, Ewa; Tacconelli, Alessandro; Talbert, Eli; Tang, John P.; Tendeiro, Jorge N.; Testori, Martina; Toffalini, Enrico; Tomašević, Aleksandar; Topel, Selin; Torkkeli, Lasse; Tozzi, Leonardo; Traczyk, Jakub; Trinidad, Alexander; Trübutschek, Darinka; Turek, Konrad; Uhlich, Maximiliane; Uhlmann, Eric L.; Urbanska, Karolina; Van Assche, Jasper; van Assen, Marcel A. L. M.; van Dongen, Noah N. N.; van Lieshout, Kenny; van Veldhuizen, Roel; Varga, Marton A.; Vaughn, Leigh Ann; Venczel, Fruzsina; Vezzoli, Michela; Vierus, Paul; Visalli, Antonino; Voldal, Emily; Votta, Fabio; Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan; Waldendorf, Anica; Walker, Matthew J.; Wall, Matthew B.; Wallen, Henri; Wang, Ke; Wang, Iris; Wang, Y. 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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.776
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.927
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesMetaresearch
DomainCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.224
Threshold uncertainty score0.276

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.7760.927
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0040.003
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0070.016
Bibliometrics0.0370.024
Science and technology studies0.0050.017
Scholarly communication0.0180.014
Open science0.0090.018
Research integrity0.0070.005
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.649
GPT teacher head0.473
Teacher spread0.176 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.

Study designObservational
DomainMethods
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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