A Meta-research on Data Exclusion and Exclusion Criteria in Domestic and International Psychology Journals
Data exclusion practices in psychological research provide researchers with considerable flexibility,which poses a significant threat to the validity and reproducibility of scientific findings.We conducted a quantitative and qualitative analysis based on 688 re-search articles published in the years 2000,2010,and 2020 in the domestic journal Acta Psychological Sinica(APS)and the interna-tional journal Psychological Science(PS)for a better understanding of the research practices of data exclusion.The results showed that the proportion of studies employing data exclusion in APS and PS was 48.83％and 35.56％respectively.The average rates of partici-pants exclusion were 16.31％and 14.48％for APS and PS,with 11.48％and 5.46％of studies failing to report exclusion criteria.The most frequently reported exclusion criteria were based on task(30.6％)and based on extreme values(57.87％).Flexibility existed in the setting of secondary exclusion criteria.These findings highlight the necessity of establishing more rigorous standardized reporting guidelines.
data exclusionmeta-researchquestionable research practicesdata exclusion criteria
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