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On the Past and Present of Reproducibility and Replicability in Economics
[Excerpts are taken from the article “Reproducibility and Replicability in Economics” by Lars Vilhuber, published in Harvard Data Science Review] “In this overview, I provide a summary description of the history and state of reproducibility and replicability in the academic field…
Read MoreIs It a Replication? A Reproduction? A Robustness Check? You’re Asking the Wrong Question
[Excerpts taken from the article, “What is replication?” by Brian Nosek and Tim Errington, published in PloS Biology] “Credibility of scientific claims is established with evidence for their replicability using new data. This is distinct from retesting a claim using…
Read MoreHear Top Open Science Researchers Talk about Research Transparency in Weekly Webcasts
Every week for 9 weeks you can hear leaders in research transparency talk about their latest thinking on how to make statistical research open, reproducible, and credible. To learn more, see the schedule below and click on each speaker to…
Read MoreTOL: Special Issue on Replication at Energy Economics
Replication is important. Many journals in economics, including Energy Economics, now insist on papers being published together with a replication package, and a few journals check that package prior to publication. This is a world apart from the common practice…
Read MoreIN THE NEWS: Times Higher Education (December 13, 2019)
[Excerpts taken from the article “Ten UK universities create reproducibility-focused senior roles” by Simon Baker, published in Times Higher Education] “The involvement of 10 universities that have officially joined a UK network set up to tackle the issue of reproducibility…
Read MoreIf All the Neuroimaging Researchers Were Laid End to End, Would They Reach a Conclusion?
[Excerpts taken from the article “Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams” by Thomas Nichols, Russell Poldrack, Tom Schonberg and 194 others, posted at BioRXiv] “Data analysis workflows in many areas of science have become…
Read MoreData Sharing: Good Research Practice? Or an Impediment to Science?
[Excerpts taken from the article “E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules” by Lisa Friedman, published in the New York Times] “The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government…
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