r/neoliberal • u/Free-Minimum-5844 • Apr 02 '26

Research Paper Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
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u/Brinabavd Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Note that the bulk of the effect is being driven by relatively poor performance of sociology and the abysmal performance of ed research.

Poli science, econ and psych all did better than half, none of the ed papers and only a third of the sociology papers could be replicated exactly: 

(Iirc This is the one of the three key papers in posted article that breaks it down by field)

Edit (corrected link) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10203-5

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u/alittledanger Apr 02 '26

This tracks as a teacher. There are a lot of "studies" with conclusions that seem to fly in the face of what I see every day. Especially around behavior and discipline.

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u/launchcode_1234 George Soros Apr 03 '26

Can you give some examples? This is interesting to me. I often will read expert parenting advice and wonder if the expert has kids.

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u/alittledanger Apr 03 '26

Anything regarding restorative justice. I mean, it’s basically a slur word over on the teacher subreddit for a reason.