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001416651 02470 $$2Handle$$ahttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12419/681
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001416651 245__ $$aImproving the Credibility of Empirical Legal Research: Practical Suggestions for Researchers, Journals and Law Schools
001416651 260__ $$bQueensland University of Technology
001416651 269__ $$a2021-07-28
001416651 336__ $$aArticle
001416651 520__ $$aFields closely related to empirical legal research (ELR) are enhancing their methods to improve the credibility of their findings. This includes making data, analysis codes and other materials openly available on digital repositories and preregistering studies. There are numerous benefits to these practices, such as research being easier to find and access through digital research methods. However, ELR appears to be lagging cognate fields. This may be partly due to a lack of field-specific meta-research and guidance. We sought to fill that gap by first evaluating credibility indicators in ELR, including a review of guidelines for legal journals. This review finds considerable room for improvement in how law journals regulate ELR. The remainder of the article provides practical guidance for the field. We start with general recommendations for empirical legal researchers and then turn to recommendations aimed at three commonly used empirical legal methods: content analyses of judicial decisions, surveys and qualitative studies. We end with suggestions for journals and law schools.
001416651 6531_ $$aempirical legal research
001416651 6531_ $$aopen science
001416651 6531_ $$aopen access
001416651 6531_ $$areproducibility
001416651 6531_ $$ameta-research
001416651 7001_ $$aChin, Jason M$$uUniversity of Sydney School of Law
001416651 7001_ $$aDeHaven, Alexander C$$uCenter for Open Science
001416651 7001_ $$aHeycke, Tobias$$uGESIS—Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
001416651 7001_ $$aHolcombe, Alexander O$$uUniversity of Sydney School of Psychology
001416651 7001_ $$aMellor, David T$$uCenter for Open Science
001416651 7001_ $$aPickett, Justin T$$uUniversity at Albany
001416651 7001_ $$aSteltenpohl, Crystal N.$$uUniversity of Southern Indiana
001416651 7001_ $$aVazire, Simine$$uUniversity of Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
001416651 7001_ $$aZeiler, Kathryn$$uBoston University School of Law
001416651 773__ $$tLaw, Technology and Humans
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