Applying Metascientific Principles to Autism Research

by Matthew Bennett

Overview

This book presents several metascientific strategies and explains how they can be used to improve research about the autism spectrum. It begins with an introduction to the field of metascience and the benefits that it brings to academic disciplines and society. It then outlines recommendations that researchers can adopt so that they do not incorporate specious autism research from predatory publishers into their research activities. An introduction to reproducibility and strategies that can improve the reproducibility of autism research are then outlined. This is followed by chapters about improving the peer review process and reducing the prospect of questionable research practices from occurring. This book concludes with a chapter about strategies that researchers can use to improve the participation of autistics in research. Such knowledge will equip academics, regardless of their experience, with the skills and expertise they need to produce high-quality and inclusive research about the autism spectrum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811992391
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	03/04/2023
Edition description:	1st ed. 2023
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Dr Matthew Bennett is an independent researcher who has spent more than ten years researching the autism spectrum. He has published six books about the autism spectrum.

Table of Contents

Chapter One – Introduction.-Chapter Two – Preventing the certification and proliferation of specious research.- Chapter Three – Addressing the reproducibility crisis.- Chapter Four – Evaluating and improving the peer review process.- Chapter Five – Reducing questionable research practices.- Chapter Six – Creating studies that are respectful of autistic participants.