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Update on the Journal of Development Economics’ Pilot on Pre-Results Review
[From the blog by David McKenzie, “A few catch-up links”, posted at Development Impact] “At the BITSS conference, Andrew Foster … gave an update of the JDE’s pilot of registered reports/pre-results review. Some points he noted:” – “They see this process…
Read MoreGOODMAN: Hold the Bus!
A recent news piece in Nature reported in glowing terms on the “first analysis of ‘pre-registered’ studies”, stating that “[pre-registration] seems to work as intended: to reduce publication bias for positive results.” There are reasons to be somewhat dubious about…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: FiveThirtyEight (December 6, 2018)
[From the article “Psychology’s Replication Crisis Has Made The Field Better” by Christie Aschwanden, published at FiveThirtyEight] “The replication crisis arose from a series of events that began around 2011, the year that social scientists Uri Simonsohn, Leif Nelson and…
Read MoreRegistered Reports Are Not Optimal?
[From the working paper, “Which findings should be published?” by Alexander Frankel and Maximilian Kasy] “There have been calls for reforms in the direction of non-selective publication. One proposal is to promote statistical practices that de-emphasize statistical significance … Another…
Read MoreREED: An Update on the Progress of Replications in Economics
[This post is based on a presentation by Bob Reed at the Workshop on Reproducibility and Integrity in Scientific Research, held at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, on October 26, 2018] In 2015, Duvendack, Palmer-Jones, and Reed (DPJ&R) published…
Read MoreVLAEMINCK & PODKRAJAC: Do Economics Journals Enforce Their Data Policies?
In the past, the findings of numerous replication studies in economics have raised serious concerns regarding the credibility and reliability of published applied economic research. Literature suggests several explanations for these findings: Beyond missing incentives and rewards for the disclosure…
Read MoreMUELLER-LANGER et al.: Replication in Economics
[This blog is based on the article “ Replication studies in economics—How many and which papers are chosen for replication, and why?” by Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff, and Gert Wagner, published in the journal Research Policy] Academia is…
Read MoreShould Null Results Require Greater Justification?
In a recent editorial in Management Review Quarterly, the journal invited replications, and put forth the following “Seven Principles of Effective Replication Studies”: #1. “Understand that replication is not reproduction” #2. “Aim to replicate published studies that are relevant” #3….
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