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A Must-Read on the Statistical Analysis of Replications

Posted on 16th November 2019 by replicationnetwork

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[Excerpts taken from the article, “The Statistics of Replication” by Larry Hedges, pubished in the journal Methodology] Background “Some treatments of replication have defined replication in terms of the conclusions obtained by studies (e.g., did both studies conclude that the…

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Category: NEWS & EVENTS Tags: Definition of replication, Heterogeneity, Larry Hedges, Meta-analysis, replication, Testing for differences in estimates

Your Definition of Replication is (Probably) Wrong

Posted on 12th September 2019 by replicationnetwork

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[From the preprint, “What is Replication?” by Brian Nosek and Tim Errington, posted at MetaArXiv Preprints] “According to common understanding, replication is repeating a study’s procedure and observing whether the prior finding recurs…This definition of replication is intuitive, easy to…

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Category: NEWS & EVENTS Tags: Definition of replication, replication, Reproduction, robustness

Gelman Post on “Failure of Failure to Replicate” a Great Read

Posted on 12th April 2018 by replicationnetwork

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Andrew Gelman had a great post yesterday that highlights a major issue — a really major issue — with replication. The problem is, there is no commonly accepted definition of what a “replication” is. Even when a definition is provided,…

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Category: NEWS & EVENTS Tags: Definition of replication, Interpreting replication results, Psychology, replication