ABSTRACT
In quantitative psychological research, “data reproducibility is necessary but not sufficient for replicability, and replicability is necessary but not sufficient for generalizability” (Asendorpf et al. 2013: 110). 1 Reproducibility can be ensured by proper data treatment, analyses, and transparency. However, even with the best intention, replicability and generalizability are at jeopardy in cases where measurements are devised and tested in an ad hoc manner as part of the observation or intervention. Emerging social science research of doping is particularly prone to this problem. Research into doping behavior is characterized by studies that often encompass new methods and their applications within a single design. Purely methodological papers focusing on measurements of doping-related social cognitions are rare.
