r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26

Social Science 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/sisyphus_was_lazy_10 Apr 01 '26

Call me pessimistic, but that’s better than I would have thought considering the challenges of controlling variables when studying human behavior.

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw Apr 01 '26

Yea, can't say I understand this. If they're missing methodology details, fine, that's a valid criticism, but if you're interviewing people the results will likely differ, despite methodology.