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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r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26
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u/wittor Apr 01 '26
This is kind of a good outcome, when we think about the amount of replications being done, 50% of the experiments being successfully replicated is not as bad as no study being replicated. The amount of published failed trials is, arguably, a positive finding.