Replication research can take the temperature on how accurate science in a given field is, but research replication is easier said than done.
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The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
How do you ensure scientific research can be trusted? The concept of reproducibility can help.
New theory forces us to rethink some deeply ingrained concepts, such as life, death and disease.
For a while it was all the rage to adopt Wonder Woman’s famous stance and other body positions that allegedly pumped up your confidence – until more studies of the phenomenon failed to find the connection.
Preclinical studies are an important part of biomedical research, often guiding future trials in humans. Failure to replicate research results suggests a need to increase the quality of studies.
Specimen preservation means researchers don’t need to reinvent the wheel each time they ask a new question, making it critical for the advancement of science. But many specimens are discarded or lost.
On the whole, results from psychology research studies don’t support a direct connection between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
Rising evidence shows that many psychology studies don’t stand up to added scrutiny. The problem has many scientists worried – but it could also encourage them to up their game.
Science is in a reproducibility crisis. This is driven in part by invalid statistical analyses that happen long after the data are collected – the opposite of how things are traditionally done.
Some AI technologies aren’t advanced enough to provide useful insights, but simpler tools can yield new opportunities to explore the humanities.
The journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently retracted several papers by a leading researcher on food and consumption. What does this mean for the researcher’s findings?
Most biobanks, whether small or large, have high quality assurance and control measures in place.
There’s peer review – and then there’s peer review. With more knowledge you can dive in a little deeper and make a call about how reliable a science paper really is.
For years, there have been questions about research showing connections between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
Scientists are rewarded with funding and publications when they come up with innovative findings. But in the midst of a ‘reproducibility crisis,’ being new isn’t the only thing to value about research.
We are observing two new phenomena. On one hand doubt is shed on the quality of entire scientific fields or sub-fields. On the other this doubt is played out in the open, in the media and blogosphere.
A team of archaeologists strived to improve the reproducibility of their results, influencing their choices in the field, in the lab and during data analysis.
Partly in response to the so-called ‘reproducibility crisis’ in science, researchers are embracing a set of practices that aim to make the whole endeavor more transparent, more reliable – and better.
A century-old case of scientific fraud illustrates how hard it is to untangle the truth when access to new discoveries is limited.
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
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Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
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Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University
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Department Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois Chicago
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Biosciences & School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Human-AI Decision Making, The University of Queensland
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Professor of History, UMass Amherst
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Management, Yale University
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Distinguished Journalist In Residence, Arthur Carter Journalism Institute, Retraction Watch
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Senior research fellow, RMIT University
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PhD Student and Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Director South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in psychology, Keele University