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Is Economic Research Replicable? Study Concludes: “Usually Not”
In a recent working paper, authors ANDREW CHANG and PHILLIP LI examined 60 published, empirical papers in 13 economics journals to determine whether the research could be replicated. Less than half of the papers could be replicated, even with help from…
Read MoreAEA To Have a Session on “Replications in Economics” at the Annual Meeting in January 2016
The upcoming annual meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in San Francisco on January 3-5, 2016. The preliminary program was recently released and features a session on “Replications in Economics.” To learn more, click here.
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…
Read MoreHeadline News: Two Economists Make Their Data Available
FROM THE ARTICLE: “Every year hundreds of millions of children in the developing world are given deworming tablets, whether they have worms or not….This “deworm everybody” approach has been driven by a single, hugely influential trial published in 2004 by…
Read MoreIt’s So Easy to Do: Small Coding Error Leads to Retraction
This article from the Washington Post is noteworthy only because it highlights how a small coding error can cause a major change in a study’s results. The original study claimed that men were more likely than women to divorce a…
Read MoreReblog from Retraction Watch: Replication May Cause More Harm than Good
FROM THE ARTICLE: “Replication is often viewed as the demarcation between science and nonscience. However, contrary to the commonly held view, we show that in the current (selective) publication system replications may increase bias in effect size estimates.” To read…
Read MoreRICHARD PALMER-JONES: Replication Talk Costs Lives: Why are economists so concerned about the reputational effects of replications?
Michael Clemens’ recent working paper “The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal” echoes concerns expressed by some replicatees and economists more generally Ozler, 2014, for example, about the potentially damaging effects of a claim of failed replication on…
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