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Are Researchers More Likely to Share Their Data When Their Funders Tell Them To?

[From the article, “A funder-imposed data publication requirement seldom inspired data sharing” by Jessica Couture, Rachael Blake, Gavin McDonald, and Colette Ward, published in PLOS One] “…In this study, we tested the ability to recover data collected under a particular…

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BROWN: Is the Evidence We Use in International Development Verifiable? Push Button Replication Provides the Answer

[This post is cross-published on FHI 360’s R&E Search for Evidence blog] There are many debates about the definitions and distinctions for replication research, particularly for internal replication research, which is conducted using the original dataset from an article or study. The…

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Concerned about publication bias? Use a critical t-value of 3

A new paper by GARRET CHRISTENSEN,  JUSTIN MCCRAY and DANIELE FANELLI in PLOS ONE suggests an alternative to using conventional t-values when researchers are concerned about publication bias.  From the Abstract: “Publication bias leads consumers of research to observe a selected sample…

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So Your Research Can’t Be Replicated? No Worries

In a recent article published in the online journal PLOS ONE, ADAM FETTERMAN and KAI SASSENBERG collected survey data in which research scientists were asked to evaluate a number of scenarios regarding replication.  They conclude that, “Our data suggests that…

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