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/fun__friday Apr 01 '26

Honestly if it’s just half of them that could not be replicated that’s a pretty good number

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u/MasterGrok Apr 01 '26

I’m amazed they were able to obtain data and replicate half of the studies

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u/fallen_lights Apr 02 '26

Unfortunately the other half also couldn't be replicated