Category: GUEST BLOGS


AoI*: “Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope” by Brodeur 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 study pushes our understanding of research reliability by producing and replicating claims…

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COUPÉ: I Tried to Replicate a Paper with ChatGPT 4. Here is What I Learned.

Recent research suggests ChatGPT ‘aced the test of understanding in college economics’,   ChatGPT ‘is effective in stock selection’ , that it “can predict future interest rate decisions” and that using ChatGPT “can yield more accurate predictions and enhance the performance…

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AoI*: “What Is the False Discovery Rate in Empirical Research?” by Engsted (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) “A scientific discovery in empirical research, e.g., establishing a causal relationship between two…

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AoI*: “Estimating the Extent of Selective Reporting: An Application to Economics” by Bruns 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) “Using a sample of 70,399 published p-values from 192 meta-analyses, we empirically estimate…

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AoI*: “Reproduction and Replication at Scale” by Brodeur et al. (2024)

[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report excerpts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] EXCERPTS (taken from the article) “We are thrilled to announce that we are broadening our focus to new…

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AoI*: “Promoting Reproducibility and Replicability in Political Science” by Brodeur 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 article reviews and summarizes current reproduction and replication practices in political…

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AoI*: “Do Pre-Registration and Pre-Analysis Plans Reduce p-Hacking and Publication Bias? Evidence from 15,992 Test Statistics and Suggestions for Improvement” by Brodeur  et al. (2023)

[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report excerpts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] EXCERPTS (taken from the article) “Pre-registration is regarded as an important contributor to research credibility. We investigate this…

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AoI*: “Conventional Wisdom, Meta-Analysis, and Research Revision in Economics” by Gechert  et al. (2023)

[*AoI = “Articles of Interest” is a feature of TRN where we report excerpts of recent research related to replication and research integrity.] EXCERPT (taken from the article) “The purpose of this study is to compare the findings of influential…

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REED: Doing Meta-Analyses with PCCs? Here’s Something You Might Not Know

[This blog first appeared at the MAER-Net Blog under the title “Something I Recently Learned About PCCs That Maybe You Also Didn’t Know”, see here] While TRN is primarily dedicated to replications in economics, I also do research on meta-analysis. As…

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AoI*: “Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda” by Clark et al. (2023)

[*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) “Science is among humanity’s greatest achievements, yet scientific censorship is rarely studied…

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