Episode 316 - Identifying Questionable Research Practices w/ Dr. Matthew Tincani

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Behavioralscience, Education, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Social Sciences, Aba, Science, Specialeducation

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Though we’ve long been huge fans of single-case research designs—what behavior analyst isn’t?—and hold peer-reviewed research papers as one of our favorite genres of non-fiction, is it possible that not every research paper is…on the level? Sadly, for many coplex reasons, not every research paper you read is without risk for following questionable research practices. To help our field put a stop to this, Dr. Matthew Tincani has some ideas on how we can do better by looking at a number of open science practices. This week, Dr. Tincani called out the best and brightest to has out what needs to be fixed (and how we can do it) and is ready to share what might be next for identifying (and stopping) questionable research practices.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Tincani, M., Gilroy, S.P., & Dowdy, A. (2024). Extensions of open science for applied behavior analysis: Preregistration for single-case experimental designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1002/jaba.2909

Tincani, M., Travers, J., Dowdy, A., Slocum, T.A.,& Dietrich, R. (2025). Questionable and improved research practices in single-case experimental design: Initial investigation and findings. Perspectives on Behavior Science. doi: 10.1007/s40614-025-00441-9

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:14.3	Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:20.2	I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruz, and with me as
0:22.3	always are my fabulous co-hosts. Hey, Rob, it's me, Diana Perry Cruz. Hello. And, oh, no, Jackie's
0:29.3	not here. Well, she'll be on the way. She had some technical difficulty, so she'll be jumping in a little
0:33.3	bit later. But we were very fortunate because we can't do a podcast without three people.
0:38.5	So we decided that we wanted to have a special extra guest.
0:42.5	And luckily, he just happened to be the guest that had articles we wanted to talk about,
0:46.8	that he'd written.
0:47.7	We really, we really luck out sometimes on the serendipitous, really luck out sometimes on the show.
0:53.1	So we are joined today also by Dr. Matt Tinkani.
0:58.6	Did I say it right, Matt?
1:00.8	You did.
1:01.8	Yes, you did.
1:03.5	Before we started the show, Matt was reminding us how to say his name because apparently
1:07.5	when we talked about some of his other articles, we have said it wrong.
1:10.7	So we'll be getting it right for the remainder of the show.
1:13.8	But now I'm in my head about it, Matt.
1:15.1	So there's a chance I will say it.
1:16.5	It's a really weird.
1:17.4	But I'll just say in your defense, it's a very uncommon last name.
1:22.9	And the way I pronounce it is not the correct Italian pronunciation.
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