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Category: NEWS & EVENTS
IN THE NEWS: The Atlantic (February 1, 2018)
[From the article, “In Science, There Should Be a Prize for Second Place” published by Ed Yong in The Atlantic] “This Monday, the editors of PLOS Biology—the flagship journal of Public Library of Science, a nonprofit publisher—published an editorial saying…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: Nature (January 23, 2018)
[From the article “Robust research needs many lines of evidence” by Marcus Munafò and George Davey Smith, published in Nature] “…replication alone will get us only so far. In some cases, routine replication might actually make matters worse. Consistent findings could take…
Read MoreAmerican Economic Association Announces Data Editor
[From an email sent on January 29, 2018 by Peter Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Economic Association, to AEA Members ] “The AEA has completed its search for the position of Data Editor, and is pleased to announce that Lars…
Read MoreRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Calls for Replications To Be a “Normal Part of Science”
[From the article “Make replication studies a normal part of science,” posted at the website of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences] “The systematic replication of other researchers’ work should be a normal part of science. That is the…
Read MoreDON’T: Aim for significance. DO: Aim for precision
[From the recent working paper, “The statistical significance filter leads to overoptimistic expectations of replicability” by Vasishth, Mertzen, Jäger, and Gelman posted at PsyArXiv Preprints] “…when power is low, using significance to decide whether to publish a result leads to a proliferation of exaggerated…
Read MoreShould Science Do More Replications? It Depends
[From the recent working paper, “The Costs and Benefits of Replication Studies” by Coles, Tiokhin, Scheel, Isager, and Lakens, posted at psyarxiv.com/c8akj] “The debate about whether replication studies should become mainstream is essentially driven by disagreements about their costs and benefits,…
Read MoreNational Academies of Science-Funded Committee on Research Reproducibility Holds First Meeting
[From the article “National Academies Launches Study of Research Reproducibility and Replicability” by Will Thomas, posted at FYI: Science Policy News from AIP (American Institute of Physics)] “On Dec. 12 and 13, the National Academies convened the first meeting of…
Read MoreAnother Economics Journal To Publish Replication Studies
[From the article “Replication Studies” by David McMillan, Senior Editor of the journal Cogent Economics & Finance] “Cogent Economics & Finance recognises the importance of replication studies. As an indicator of this importance, we now welcome research papers that focus…
Read MoreMore Evidence on How Control Variables Affect Statistical Significance
[From the working paper “Achieving Statistical Significance with Covariates and without Transparency” by Gabriel Lenz and Alexander Sanz] “An important yet understudied area of researcher discretion is the use of covariates in statistical models. Researchers choose which covariates to include in…
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