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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • The replication crisis has prompted increased scrutiny of sample size adequacy in social and personality psychology.
  • Concerns exist regarding studies with insufficient participants potentially leading to unreliable conclusions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze current controversies surrounding power analysis and sample size adequacy.
  • To propose alternative methods for determining sample sizes, especially for novel research questions.
  • To offer recommendations for researchers, reviewers, and editors to improve research practices.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of current controversies in power analysis and sample size determination.
  • Discussion of effect size selection, application of power analyses to existing data, and mitigation strategies for specific research types.
  • Exploration of precision analysis and sequential analysis as alternatives to traditional power analysis.

Main Results:

  • Advocates for basing sample sizes on cost-effective effects for novel research, considering practical implementation and study costs.
  • Highlights the need to address how power analysis requirements impact research with hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
  • Identifies key areas of controversy including effect size estimation and the utility of power analysis on already-collected data.

Conclusions:

  • Recommends a shift towards cost-effectiveness in sample size determination for novel research.
  • Suggests precision and sequential analyses as viable alternatives to power analysis.
  • Calls for improved practices among researchers, reviewers, and editors to enhance the rigor of social-personality psychology research.