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Keeping meta-analyses alive and well: Using PsychOpenCAMA to implement a community-augmented meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Bucher, Lisa
Tran, Ulrich S.
Prinz, Gerhard M.
Burgard, Tanja
Bosnjak, Michael
Voracek, Martin

Abstract / Description

Recent criticisms emphasize the lack of recency and transparency of meta-analyses and systematic reviews, especially for highly cited topics. Open-repository concepts, which have been developed in various scientific fields in the last years, address these very issues. One such concept, community-augmented meta-analysis (CAMA), describes a web-based approach to meta-analysis, which provides open access to all data and results. The main idea of CAMA is to keep meta-analyses up-to-date by allowing the research community to continuously include new evidence, thus making meta-analyses replicable, expandable, and "living". The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) is currently developing a platform, PsychOpenCAMA, which will enable the realization of CAMA in psychological research. The study will be a primer on how to conduct a CAMA with PsychOpenCAMA using as exemplary illustration a large-scale living meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality. The field of the Dark Triad research appears particularly suited for a CAMA, as there is an ever-growing research interest and accumulation of evidence. The meta-analysis focuses on the interrelations of the Dark Triad and on univariate and multivariate sex differences in the three traits. The aim of the study is to provide a step-by-step guide on the implementation of a CAMA with PsychOpenCAMA, including data curation, aggregation, and analysis. Possibilities and benefits of conducting living meta-analyses with PsychOpenCAMA in the future will be discussed.

Keyword(s)

CAMA living-meta-analysis PsychOpenCAMA Dark Triad

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2020-02-06 12:33:55 UTC

Citation

Bucher, L., Tran, U. S., Prinz, G. M., Burgard, T., Bosnjak, M., & Voracek, M. (2020). Keeping meta-analyses alive and well: Using PsychOpenCAMA to implement a community-augmented meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality. Leibniz Institut für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2752
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bucher, Lisa
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Tran, Ulrich S.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Prinz, Gerhard M.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Burgard, Tanja
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bosnjak, Michael
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Voracek, Martin
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2020-02-06T12:33:55Z
  • Made available on
    2020-02-06T12:33:55Z
  • Date of first publication
    2020-02-05
  • Abstract / Description
    Recent criticisms emphasize the lack of recency and transparency of meta-analyses and systematic reviews, especially for highly cited topics. Open-repository concepts, which have been developed in various scientific fields in the last years, address these very issues. One such concept, community-augmented meta-analysis (CAMA), describes a web-based approach to meta-analysis, which provides open access to all data and results. The main idea of CAMA is to keep meta-analyses up-to-date by allowing the research community to continuously include new evidence, thus making meta-analyses replicable, expandable, and "living". The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) is currently developing a platform, PsychOpenCAMA, which will enable the realization of CAMA in psychological research. The study will be a primer on how to conduct a CAMA with PsychOpenCAMA using as exemplary illustration a large-scale living meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality. The field of the Dark Triad research appears particularly suited for a CAMA, as there is an ever-growing research interest and accumulation of evidence. The meta-analysis focuses on the interrelations of the Dark Triad and on univariate and multivariate sex differences in the three traits. The aim of the study is to provide a step-by-step guide on the implementation of a CAMA with PsychOpenCAMA, including data curation, aggregation, and analysis. Possibilities and benefits of conducting living meta-analyses with PsychOpenCAMA in the future will be discussed.
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  • Publication status
    other
  • Citation
    Bucher, L., Tran, U. S., Prinz, G. M., Burgard, T., Bosnjak, M., & Voracek, M. (2020). Keeping meta-analyses alive and well: Using PsychOpenCAMA to implement a community-augmented meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality. Leibniz Institut für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2752
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2365
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2752
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Keyword(s)
    CAMA
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  • Keyword(s)
    living-meta-analysis
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  • Keyword(s)
    PsychOpenCAMA
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  • Keyword(s)
    Dark Triad
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Keeping meta-analyses alive and well: Using PsychOpenCAMA to implement a community-augmented meta-analysis on the Dark Triad of personality
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  • DRO type
    preregistration
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