OPINION5 June 2019
The devil is in the detail
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Crawford Hollingworth looks at the sometimes contentious issue of replication studies and what we can learn from apparently failed replication tests.
In the past few years, the field of psychology has suffered several blows to its reputation, as many of its well-known, established findings have not been replicated in recent studies. This has led to big, wide-sweeping headlines that miss several important points:
So let’s look more closely at the replication studies conducted recently. The first Many Labs replication project, led by Brian Nosek ...
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Peter Mouncey
5 years ago
Good to see an opinion piece on this important topic. Many journals do not appear to welcome replication studies, but we do at the International Journal of Market Research (IJMR). See the September issue (IJMR 61/5) for an example including references to earlier coverage. Peter Mouncey Editor in Chief IJMR
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