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Determine the empirical rate of reproducibility in psychological research by systematically repeating published experimental studies.

August 27, 2015ScienceOpen Access

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

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Replication study finds successful replication in one-third to one-half of psychological experiments, highlighting widespread reproducibility challenges.

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Determine the empirical rate of reproducibility in psychological research by systematically repeating published experimental studies.
Replicated 100 experiments from articles published in 2008 across three high-ranking psychology journals.
Assessed replication success against original results using multiple predefined evaluation criteria.
Approximately one-third to one-half of the 100 original findings were successfully observed and reproduced in replication attempts.

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Alexander A. Aarts (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6980d4bf09be63db9c9855ab https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4716

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Replication study finds successful replication in one-third to one-half of psychological experiments, highlighting widespread reproducibility challenges.

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

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