Conceptual Replications – Guidelines for implementation and factors influencing replicability across different fields in psychology

研究特征的变异，而不是精确复制，是理解效应异质性的核心方面。我们专注于概念复制(CR)中研究特征的系统变化，并依赖于最近开发的因果复制框架(CRF，Steiner&Wong，2018；Steiner，Wong，和Anglin，2019)。CRF使用因果理论来定义和设计重复研究。具体地说，CRF允许因果关系地确定影响可复制性的因素，并描述如何使用研究设计和分析方法来系统地研究效果异质性。到目前为止，该框架已经成功地应用于教育研究中的认知无线电。然而，研究的特点以及如何在不同学科的重复试验中保持恒定不同，需要各自的设计和分析方法。我们的目标是使CRF适用于更广泛的学科。我们在前人工作的基础上，系统地设计了几个具有不同心理学学科的CRF的CRS。我们专注于社会和认知心理学，代表了复制的不同挑战，并将这些与现有的教育心理学研究进行比较。此外，我们还详细介绍了在SPP内为CRF更广泛的跨学科应用而可能进行的合作。因此，在我们的项目中，我们将为CRF在不同学科中的应用开发方法，确定导致不同学科内部和跨学科效果异质性的因素，并得出CR研究的指导方针。

Variation of study characteristics, instead of exact replication, is a core aspect for understanding effect heterogeneity. We focus on systematic variation of study characteristics in conceptual replications (CR) and rely on the recently developed causal replication framework (CRF, Steiner & Wong, 2018; Steiner, Wong, & Anglin, 2019). The CRF uses causal theory for defining and designing replication studies. Specifically, the CRF allows for causally identifying factors that impact replicability, and describes how research designs and analyses methods can be used for systematically studying effect heterogeneity. So far, the framework has been successfully applied for CR in educational research. However, characteristics of studies and how they can be kept constant across replications differs across disciplines, calling for respective designs and analyses methods. We aim to make the CRF applicable to a broader range of disciplines. We build on the previous work and systematically design several CRs with the CRF in different psychological disciplines. We focus on social and cognitive psychology, representing different challenges for replication, and compare these to existing studies in educational psychology. Furthermore, we detail possible cooperations within the SPP for an even broader interdisciplinary application of the CRF. As such, in our project we will develop approaches for the application of the CRF in various disciplines, identify factors that cause effect heterogeneity within and across different disciplines, and derive guidelines for CR studies.