The Replication Network
Furthering the Practice of Replication in Economics
Category: GUEST BLOGS
STEPHANIE WYKSTRA: On Data Re-use
[THIS BLOG ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE BITSS WEBSITE] As advocates for open data, my colleagues and I often point to re-use of data for further research as a major benefit of data-sharing. In fact there are many cases in which…
Read MoreROBERT GELFOND and RYAN MURPHY: Out-of-Sample Tests and Macroeconomics
The replication crisis has elicited a number of recommendations, from betting on beliefs, to open data, to improved norms in academic journals regarding replication studies. In our recent working paper, “A Call for Out-of-Sample Testing in Macroeconomics” (available at SSRN),…
Read MoreBOB REED: Replications Can Make Things Worse? Really?
In a recent article in Slate entitled “The Unintended Consequences of Trying to Replicate Research,” IVAN ORANSKY and ADAM MARCUS from Retraction Watch argue that replications can exacerbate research unreliability. The argument assumes that publication bias is more likely to favour confirming replication studies…
Read MoreCLAIRE BOEING-REICHER: Crowdsourcing a Journal’s Replication Policy
As reported in a previous blog post, the Economics E-Journal has launched a new replication section. As part of this initiative, we have developed a set of guidelines for replication submissions. These guidelines seek to strike a reasonable balance among…
Read MoreCLAIRE BOEING-REICHER: Economics E-Journal Opens a Replication Section
The Economics E-Journal announces the launch of a dedicated replication section. This initiative is a joint effort of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the German National Library for Economics (ZBW). It provides authors across all fields…
Read MoreRICHARD BALL: Introducing Project TIER
Project TIER (Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research) is one of the many initiatives launched within the last several years—a number of which have been featured in previous TRN guest blogs—that seek to strengthen standards of research transparency in the social…
Read MoreMICHELE NUIJTEN: The Replication Paradox
Lately, there has been a lot of attention for the excess of false positive and exaggerated findings in the published scientific literature. In many different fields there are reports of an impossibly high rate of statistically significant findings, and studies…
Read MoreJOHN COCHRANE: Secret Data
(REPOST FROM JOHN COCHRANE’S BLOG, THE GRUMPY ECONOMIST) On replication in economics. Just in time for bar-room discussions at the annual meetings. “I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.” –Fermat…
Read MoreGARRET CHRISTENSEN: An Introduction to BITSS
The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) was formed in late 2012 after a meeting in Berkeley that led to the publication of an article in Science on ways to increase transparency and improve reproducibility in research across the social sciences. BITSS…
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