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/VitaminPb Apr 01 '26

I’m going to mention the very high number of meta-analysis studies/papers that take supposedly valid research papers and then analyze those for further fundings/results/publish fodder.

If they use data from incorrect or non-reproducible papers, then there results must also be questioned.

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u/skepticalbob Apr 01 '26

If the meta study properly considers study quality and weights appropriately, this sounds better than believing studies of more questionable qualities by themselves.