Ko kuna yin abubuwa da kanku ko aiki tare da abokin tarayya, Ina so in bayar da shawarwari guda hudu da na samu musamman taimako a aikin kaina. Shawara biyu na farko na shawara sun shafi kowane gwaji, yayin da na biyu sun fi dacewa da gwaje-gwaje na dijital shekaru.
Taron farko na shawara na lokacin da kake gwaji shine cewa ya kamata ka yi tunani kamar yadda zai yiwu kafin a tattara dukkan bayanai. Wannan alama alama ce ga masu bincike da suka saba da gwaje-gwaje masu gudana, amma yana da mahimmanci ga waɗanda suka saba aiki tare da manyan bayanan bayanan (duba babi na 2). Tare da irin wannan tushe mafi yawan aikin yana aikata bayan da kake da bayanai, amma gwaje-gwaje sune akasin: mafi yawan aikin ya kamata a yi kafin ka tattara bayanai. Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin mafi kyau don tilasta kanka ka yi tunani a hankali kafin ka tattara bayanai shi ne ƙirƙirar da yin rajistar shirin shirin bincike don gwajinka wanda zaku bayyana yadda za kuyi nazari (Schulz et al. 2010; Gerber et al. 2014; Simmons, Nelson, and Simonsohn 2011; Lin and Green 2016) .
Nawa na biyu na shawara na gaba shine cewa babu gwaji guda daya zai zama cikakke, kuma, saboda haka, ya kamata ka yi la'akari da zayyana jerin gwaje-gwajen da suka karfafa juna. Na ji wannan da aka kwatanta da tsarin aikin armada ; maimakon ƙoƙarin gina ɗakin yaƙi mai girma, ya kamata ka gina ƙananan ƙananan jiragen ruwa tare da ƙarfafawa. Wadannan nau'o'in gwaji-gwaje-gwajen na yau da kullum ne a cikin ilimin halayyar kwakwalwa, amma suna da wasu wurare. Abin farin ciki, ƙananan ƙididdiga na wasu gwaje-gwaje na dijital ya sa sauƙin bincike ya fi sauƙi.
Idan aka ba da labarin nan gaba, Ina so in ba da shawarwari guda biyu waɗanda suka fi dacewa wajen zayyana gwaje-gwaje na shekarun dijital: ƙirƙirar farashi mai tsada (kashi 4.6.1) kuma gina halayyar cikin tsarinka (sashi na 4.6.2).