All articles tagged with #replication studies
Replication studies of nanoscale topological quantum devices found that dramatic signals previously claimed as breakthroughs could be explained by simpler effects, highlighting publication hurdles for replication work and urging more data sharing and open discussion of interpretations; the consolidated findings were published in Science after an unusually long two-year review.
A prospective replication study involving four laboratories conducting social-behavioral research found a high replicability rate of 81% for self-confirmatory tests and 86% for replications. The average effect size (ES) of the self-confirmatory tests was smaller than the average ES of the published psychological literature. The replications had an average ES similar to the self-confirmatory tests and larger than previous attempts to replicate social-behavioral literature. The study suggests that high replicability is achievable when using rigour-enhancing practices such as preregistration, reporting all outcomes, large sample sizes, and commitment to high-fidelity replication procedures. The findings challenge the notion that low replicability and declining effects are inevitable in social-behavioral scientific investigation.