From: NPR's Science Friday
The Replication Game: How Well Do Psychology Studies Hold Up?
August 8, 2016
NPR’s Science Friday:
Replication is a cornerstone of scientific research, a way of checking to make sure a particular effect or result is real and not a statistical anomaly. But a lot of research can’t be replicated—a fact that recently hit home in the field of psychological science. Last year, for instance, researchers at the Center for Open Science found that they were unable to replicate findings in 61 out of 100 psychology papers selected, the most of any field they tested.
But there’s another problem: Many journals shy away from accepting studies that revisit earlier, high-profile research that turns out to be irreproducible.
Read the whole story: NPR’s Science Friday
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