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IN THE NEWS: Slate (April 15, 2016)
(FROM THE ARTICLE “The Reproducibility Crisis Is Good for Science”) The author, an editor at Nature, reports on ways the reproducibility crisis is promoting change in science. An excerpt: “For what it’s worth, articles about confirmation bias and the misuse of p-values…
Read MoreAnother Approach to Reproducibility: “Invited Reproducibility Papers”
[From the article, “New article type verifies experimental reproducibility” at Elsevier Connect] ” Information Systems, a data science journal published by Elsevier, has devised a solution to the question of reproducibility by establishing a new article type: the Invited Reproducibility Paper. Authors of…
Read MoreCan You Teach Research Integrity? Sure, But That Doesn’t Mean They’ll Learn
[From the article in Retraction Watch] “Can we teach good behavior in the lab? That’s the premise behind a number of interventions aimed at improving research integrity, invested in by universities across the world and even private companies. Trouble is, a new…
Read MoreThe National Academy of Sciences Weighs in On Reproducibility
In late February, the National Academy of Sciences published a report summarizing a workshop held the previous year. The report can be freely downloaded here. The workshop convened researchers across a wide variety of disciplines and addressed numerous facets regarding…
Read MoreDeadline Extended for BITSS Transparency and Reproducibility Workshop
The Berkeley Institute for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) is extending the application deadline for its Transparency and Reproducibility workshop to April 8th. The workshop runs from June 8-10th and is taught by an impressive set scholars: Edward Miguel (Introduction); Tom…
Read MoreSo Is There a Replicability Crisis? Or What?
[From the blog Core Economics] Experimental economist ANDREAS ORTMANN reflects on the recent replicability studies in psychology and economics and tackles the question of what it all means. The article is entitled, “So, is there a crisis? Or is there…
Read MoreRecap of the Current “Replicability Crisis” in Psychology: No Pain No Gain?
[From the article “What psychology’s crisis means for the future of science” in Vox] This article provides a nice summary of the recent controversy about replicability in psychology. It concludes that this period of introspection is ultimately good for that discipline. To…
Read MoreMaybe There is Only a Replication Crisis for Published Research
[From an article in the Washington Post entitled “Does social science have a replication crisis?”] This article consists of an interview with Kevin Mullinix, Thomas Leeper, and Alex Cox. The article highlights their recent research which reports a high rate…
Read MoreOn the Reproducibility of Psychological Science: A Response from Nosek and Gilbert
[From an article in Retraction Watch] “Scientists have been abuzz over a report in last week’s Science questioning the results of a recent landmark effort to replicate 100 published studies in top psychology journals. The critique of this effort – which suggested…
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