In part 1 of this episode, Monroe rants about why we should publish fewer papers. He contends that there is too much mediocre research being published. Therefore, we should all choose to publish only the most meaningful and impactful research. In part 2 of the episode, we talk about using MTurk for participant recruitment and some of the issues with the platform. Monroe then tries to convince us that we should stop using MTurk and instead rely on other methods for recruiting participants.

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Links:

• Let's Publish Fewer Papers: Psychological Inquiry: Vol 23, No 3
• The MTurkification of Social and Personality Psychology - Craig A. Anderson, Johnie J. Allen, Courtney Plante, Adele Quigley-McBride, Alison Lovett, Jeffrey N. Rokkum, 2018