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IN THE NEWS: Nature (February 21, 2018)
[From the article, “How to make replication the norm” published by Paul Gertler, Sebastian Galiani and Mauricio Romero in Nature] “To see how often the posted data and code could readily replicate original results, we attempted to recreate the tables…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: Wired (December 29, 2017)
[From the article “The Replication Crisis in Science” by Shravan Vasishth at wired.com] “There have been two distinct responses to the replication crisis – by instituting measures like registered reports and by making data openly available. But another group continues to remain in…
Read MoreReproducibility Making Progress at Science
[From the article, “Progress in Reproducibility” by Jeremy Berg, Editor-in-Chief Science Journals, published in the 5 January 2018 issue of Science] “Over the past year, we have retracted three papers previously published in Science. The circumstances of these retractions highlight some…
Read MoreWhat?! You Don’t Believe in Badges?!!
[The following is taken from a blog by Hilda Bastian at the blogsite “Absolutely Maybe” at PLOS Blogs] “As I’ve spent time with the badges “magic bullet” – simple! cheap! no side effects! dramatic benefits! – supported by a single…
Read MoreAEA Journals Looking for a Data Editor
[From the website of the American Economic Association.] “The American Economic Association seeks nominations for a new Data Editor to design and oversee its journals’ strategy for curating research data and promoting reproducible research.” … “The duties of the Data…
Read MoreElsevier and the 5 Diseases of Academic Research
[From the article “5 diseases ailing research — and how to cure them” at Elsevier Connect, the daily news site for Elsevier Publishing.] This article summarizes the “diseases” ailing scientific research as identified in the article “On doing better science: From thrill…
Read MoreHow to Fix the “Reproducibility Crisis”? Three Solutions
[From the article “The science ‘reproducibility crisis’ — and what can be done about it” from the website theconversation.com.] “Reproducibility is the idea that an experiment can be repeated by another scientist and they will get the same result. It is…
Read MoreThe American Statistical Association Announces A New Reproducibility Policy
[From Dave Giles’ blog Econometrics Beat] The American Statistical Association announced several new initiatives to enhance reproducibility at its flagship journal, the Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA). In addition to requiring submitters to provide data and code, JASA…
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