In recent years, there have been a lot of discussions in certain fields (e.g., social psychology) about publication bias and failures to replicate published results. In this installment of the Scientific Issues in MDM Poll, we'd like to get your thoughts about the reproducibility of published research our field, approaches to methodological reform, and open science / data sharing. 

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* 1. To what extent have you followed issues involving replication / reproducibility in psychology and/or medical science?

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* 2. To what degree do you believe that there are problems involving replication / reproducibility in the following domains of medical decision making research:

  No problems Few/isolated problems Some significant problems Widespread major problems
Decision Psychology and Shared Decision Making
Applied Health Economics
Health Services, Outcomes, and Policy Research
Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments
Patient and Stakeholder Preferences and Engagement

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* 3. When thinking about open science (methodological reform to make the process and products of research more accessible), is your attitude generally positive or negative?

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* 4. Do you think that members of SMDM should make their data/analysis code/all study materials open (accessible to the public) whenever possible?

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* 5. Compared to other journals you read, do you think that journals that publish medical decision making research are biased in favor of publishing studies that “worked” (i.e. significant results in the predicted direction)?

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* 6. Do you think that journals that publish medical decision making research should adopt “badges” indicating that an article has open data, open analysis code, and open materials, to incentivize researchers to adopt these practices? (Badges have been adopted in other journals, e.g. Psychological Science):

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* 7. In what country do you work?

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* 8. Which of the SMDM subfields best describes your work?

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* 9. Please suggest any topics you would like to see covered in future Scientific Issues in MDM polls:

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