Jelte Wicherts

{{Short description|Dutch psychologist and professor}}

Jelte Michiel "J.M." Wicherts (born September 13, 1976, in Amersfoort) is a Dutch psychologist and a professor in the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University.{{cite web | url=http://docplayer.net/5360674-Dr-jelte-m-wicherts-curriculum-vitae.html | title=Jelte M. Wicherts CV | accessdate=31 May 2017}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/webwijs/show/j.m.wicherts.htm | title=J.M. Wicherts | work=Tilburg University | accessdate=31 May 2017}} His research interests include biases in decision-making, as well as scientific misconduct and reproducibility.{{cite web | url=http://metrics.stanford.edu/about-us/bio/jelte-wicherts | title=Jelte Wicherts | publisher=Stanford University | work=Metrics | accessdate=31 May 2017 | archive-date=14 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814062313/http://metrics.stanford.edu/about-us/bio/jelte-wicherts | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science | title=The hi-tech war on science fraud | work=The Guardian | date=1 February 2017 | accessdate=31 May 2017 | author=Buranyi, Stephen}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html | title=Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research | work=The New York Times | date=3 November 2011 | accessdate=31 May 2017 | author=Carey, Benedict}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/research-group-seeks-expose-weaknesses-science-and-they-ll-step-some-toes-if-they-have|title=This research group seeks to expose weaknesses in science—and they'll step on some toes if they have to|last=Stokstad|first=Erik|date=2018-09-19|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}} He has also studied group differences in IQ scores and the Flynn effect.{{cite web | url=http://www.bitss.org/people/jelte-wicherts/ | title=Jelte Wicherts | work=Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences | date=27 January 2017 | accessdate=31 May 2017}}{{cite web | url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/04/30/dumb-and-dumber-3/ | title=Dumb and Dumber | work=Foreign Policy | date=30 April 2012 | accessdate=31 May 2017 | author=Kenny, Charles | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217053851/https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/04/30/dumb-and-dumber-3/ | archive-date=2014-12-17}}

Together with van Marcel van Assen he runs the Meta-Research Center at his university.{{Cite web|url=https://metaresearch.nl/|title=Meta-Research Center|website=Meta-Research Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-22}} Work by the group on Statcheck has been featured in The Guardian.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2017/sep/14/statistical-vigilantes-the-war-on-scientific-science-weekly-podcast|title=Statistical vigilantes: the war on scientific fraud – Science Weekly podcast|last=Devlin|first=Hannah|date=2017-09-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-22|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}