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|description=Is there a '''reproducibility crisis'''? According to a survey conducted by ''Nature'' of 1,576 researchers, "52% agree that there is a significant 'crisis' of reproducibility, less than 31% think that failure to reproduce published results means that the result is probably wrong, and most say that they still trust the published literature" (Baker 2016). | |description=Is there a '''reproducibility crisis'''? According to a survey conducted by ''Nature'' of 1,576 researchers, "52% agree that there is a significant 'crisis' of reproducibility, less than 31% think that failure to reproduce published results means that the result is probably wrong, and most say that they still trust the published literature" (Baker 2016). | ||
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Revision as of 13:53, 7 August 2018
Description
Is there a reproducibility crisis? According to a survey conducted by Nature of 1,576 researchers, "52% agree that there is a significant 'crisis' of reproducibility, less than 31% think that failure to reproduce published results means that the result is probably wrong, and most say that they still trust the published literature" (Baker 2016).
Asking the researchers for the causes of this inability to reproduce published results, the top three answers are:
- Selective reporting
- Publication pressure
- Low statistical power and poor analysis
The top three mentioned countermeasures are:
- Better understanding of statistics
- Better mentoring and supervision
- More robust design
Further links
Solve the reproducibility crisis
- Select instrumental equipment for which appropriate specifications are available.
- Open-research data in Horizon 2020
- How can we increase reproducibility in neuroscience studies? BioTechniques 2018.
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