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Is There Or Is There Not a Replication Crisis in Psychology? That is the Question
[H/T to Retraction Watch for the material in this post] This past week, the journal Science published a study by Dan Gilbert, Gary King and others refuting the claims of Brian Nosek and the Reproducibility Project Psychology (RPP). The RPP…
Read MoreThe Economist Writes About Replications AGAIN!
Replications are hot. Don’t believe me, just read The Economist. This is the third story related to scientific reliability/replications this past month. To read more, click here.
Read MoreMICHELE NUIJTEN: The Replication Paradox
Lately, there has been a lot of attention for the excess of false positive and exaggerated findings in the published scientific literature. In many different fields there are reports of an impossibly high rate of statistically significant findings, and studies…
Read MoreBut Not as Good as Psychologists?
The website FiveThirtyEight has a thoughtful post reflecting on the recent study in psychology in which 100 experimental studies were replicated . At least two points are worth highlighting. First, despite the concern about p-hacking, it turns out that one…
Read MoreResults from a Massive Study on Replication of Psychology Research
FROM THE ARTICLE: “We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs and original materials when available. Replication effects were half the magnitude of original effects, representing a substantial decline. Ninety-seven percent…
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