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REED: You Can Calculate Power Retrospectively — Just Don’t Use Observed Power
In this blog, I highlight a valid approach for calculating power after estimation—often called retrospective power. I provide a Shiny App that lets readers explore how the method works and how it avoids the pitfalls of “observed power” — try…
Read MoreAoI*: “Introducing Synchronous Robustness Reports” by Bartos et al. (2025)
[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report abstracts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] NOTE: The article is behind a firewall. ABSTRACT (taken from the article) “Most empirical research articles feature a…
Read MoreAoI*: “The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics” by Huntington-Klein et al. (2025)
[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report abstracts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] ABSTRACT (taken from the article) “We use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically…
Read MoreAoI*: “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: An Ethnographic Study of Researcher Discretion in Practice” by van Drimmelen et al. (2024)
[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report abstracts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] ABSTRACT (taken from the article) “This paper is a study of the decisions that researchers take during the…
Read MoreAoI*: “Open minds, tied hands: Awareness, behavior, and reasoning on open science and irresponsible research behavior” by Wiradhany et al. (2025)
[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report abstracts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] ABSTRACT (taken from the article) “Knowledge on Open Science Practices (OSP) has been promoted through responsible conduct of…
Read MoreRÖSELER: Replication Research Symposium and Journal
Efforts to teach, collect, curate, and guide replication research are culminating in the new diamond open access journal Replication Research, which will launch in late 2025. The Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT; forrt.org) and the Münster Center…
Read MoreAoI*: “Do experimental asset market results replicate? High powered preregistered replications of 17 claims” by Huber et al. (2024)
[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report abstracts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] ABSTRACT (taken from the article) “Experimental asset markets provide a controlled approach to studying financial markets. We attempt…
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ROODMAN: Appeal to Me – First Trial of a “Replication Opinion”
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[This blog is a repost of a blog that first appeared at davidroodman.com. It is republished here with permission from the author.] My employer, Open Philanthropy, strives to make grants in light of evidence. Of course, many uncertainties in our…
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