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SAGE Publications, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(7), p. 657-660, 2012

DOI: 10.1177/1745691612462588

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An open, large-scale, collaborative effort to estimate the reproducibility of psychological science

Journal article published in 2012 by Anita Alexander, Anna van 't Veer, Osf Open Science Framework, Rebecca Saxe, Dave Paunesku, Dylan Selterman, Marco Perugini, William Simpson, Michael Pitts, Colin Tucker Smith, Kate Ratliff, Jeffrey R. Spies, Frank Renkewitz, Nina Strohminger, Abraham M. Rutchick and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

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.