PSA Study Capacity Report 2022-2023

Abstract

In line with the principles identified in the PSA’s Study Capacity Policy (Forscher, Ebersole, Coles, & Chartier, 2019; Paris, Ijzerman, & Forscher, 2020), this document is a projected overview of the Psychological Science Accelerator’s resources for the upcoming academic year of 2022-2023. The report is divided into two key sections: data collection capacity, describing the ability of PSA’s members to collect different kinds of data, and administrative capacity, describing the available paid or voluntary labor available towards the planning and execution of studies, and towards the growth of the PSA as an organization. The third and final section follows up on recommendations provided as part of the last report, and identifies new recommendations for the upcoming reports. We also identify limitations of the current report and state suggestions for improvement. Here are five big-picture takeaways from the study capacity report for 2022-2023: (1) The total membership of the PSA has grown from the last report (N = 1400) to this report (N = 2468), with members from 73 countries; (2) Out of 11 PSA studies, 8 have completed data collection; out of which 4 have been published; (3) Based on our past data collection capacity, our data collection capacity has a conservative estimate of 18,000 and an optimistic estimate of 30,000 participants for the upcoming academic year for PSA projects; (4) Similar to the last study capacity report, two thirds of the PSA members come from “WEIRD” countries; (5) Based on past work hours, the number of work hours (monthly) available in each PSA committee and associate director/director roles in the upcoming academic year is estimated conservatively. This number ranges from 8 to 59 hours depending on the committee/role.

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“…The largest example of this type of organization is the Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA; https://psysciacc.org), which was established in 2017 primarily as a response to the replication crisis in psychology. The PSA is a standing, geographically distributed network of psychology laboratories willing to devote some of their research resources to large, multisite, collaborative studies (Moshontz et al, 2018), and currently consists of more than 2,400 members across 73 countries (Kijilian et al, 2022). The PSA has launched 11 studies to date, primarily focused on social psychology issues such as semantic priming, moral reasoning, and stereotype threat.…”