The Value of Direct Replication

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Abstract

Reproducibility is the cornerstone of science. If an effect is reliable, any competent researcher should be able to obtain it when using the same procedures with adequate statistical power. Two of the articles in this special section question the value of direct replication by other laboratories. In this commentary, I discuss the problematic implications of some of their assumptions and argue that direct replication by multiple laboratories is the only way to verify the reliability of an effect.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)76-80
Number of pages5
JournalPerspectives on Psychological Science
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • conceptual replication
  • direct replication
  • generalizability
  • reliability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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