2012/11/01 by Open Science Collaboration · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Mental Health Research Topics #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Reproducibility #Replication (statistics) #Replicate #Open science #Incentive #Scale (ratio) #Psychology #Applied psychology #Computer science #Statistics
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openalex publication_date 2012/11/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Reproducibility is a defining feature of science. However, because of strong incentives for innovation and weak incentives for confirmation, direct replication is rarely practiced or published. The Reproducibility Project is an open, large-scale, collaborative effort to systematically examine the rate and predictors of reproducibility in psychological science. So far, 72 volunteer researchers from 41 institutions have organized to openly and transparently replicate studies published in three prominent psychological journals in 2008. Multiple methods will be used to evaluate the findings, calculate an empirical rate of replication, and investigate factors that predict reproducibility. Whatever the result, a better understanding of reproducibility will ultimately improve confidence in scientific methodology and findings.