Researchers from a variety of universities looked at “164 quantitative papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 54 journals in ...

The technology can whip up spurious findings and pollute survey responses, but it could also make research more rigorous.

Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Results from a massive research project investigating whether previously reported scientific ...

“Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project”: that’s the headline from reports on the latest mass replication project sponsored by the Center for Open Science (COS).

The use of social media is contributing to declining attention spans, emotional volatility, and compulsive behaviors among young people, according to a new report by Nanyang Technological University, ...

The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

Researchers look at how AI (large language models or LLMs in particular) could change the nature of social science research. In an article published yesterday in the journal Science, leading ...

The National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs.