Replication of the natural selection of bad science

This study reports an independent replication of the findings presented by Smaldino and McElreath (Smaldino, McElreath 2016 R. Soc. Open Sci. 3, 160384 (doi:10.1098/rsos.160384)). The replication was successful with one exception. We find that selection acting on scientist’s propensity for replicati...

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Autores principales: Kohrt, Florian, Smaldino, Paul E., McElreath, Richard, Schönbrodt, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221306
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author Kohrt, Florian
Smaldino, Paul E.
McElreath, Richard
Schönbrodt, Felix
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description This study reports an independent replication of the findings presented by Smaldino and McElreath (Smaldino, McElreath 2016 R. Soc. Open Sci. 3, 160384 (doi:10.1098/rsos.160384)). The replication was successful with one exception. We find that selection acting on scientist’s propensity for replication frequency caused a brief period of exuberant replication not observed in the original paper due to a coding error. This difference does not, however, change the authors’ original conclusions. We call for more replication studies for simulations as unique contributions to scientific quality assurance.
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spelling pubmed-99438742023-02-23 Replication of the natural selection of bad science Kohrt, Florian Smaldino, Paul E. McElreath, Richard Schönbrodt, Felix R Soc Open Sci Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience This study reports an independent replication of the findings presented by Smaldino and McElreath (Smaldino, McElreath 2016 R. Soc. Open Sci. 3, 160384 (doi:10.1098/rsos.160384)). The replication was successful with one exception. We find that selection acting on scientist’s propensity for replication frequency caused a brief period of exuberant replication not observed in the original paper due to a coding error. This difference does not, however, change the authors’ original conclusions. We call for more replication studies for simulations as unique contributions to scientific quality assurance. The Royal Society 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9943874/ /pubmed/36844805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221306 Text en © 2023 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Replication of the natural selection of bad science
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943874/
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