Abstract
This crowdsourced project introduces a collaborative approach to improving the reproducibility of scientific research, in which findings are replicated in qualified independent laboratories before (rather than after) they are published. Our goal is to establish a non-adversarial replication process with highly informative final results. To illustrate the Pre-Publication Independent Replication (PPIR) approach, 25 research groups conducted replications of all ten moral judgment effects which the last author and his collaborators had “in the pipeline” as of August 2014. Six findings replicated according to all replication criteria, one finding replicated but with a significantly smaller effect size than the original, one finding replicated consistently in the original culture but not outside of it, and two findings failed to find support. In total, 40% of the original findings failed at least one major replication criterion. Potential ways to implement and incentivize pre-publication independent replication on a large scale are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-67 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology |
Volume | 66 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- Crowdsourcing science
- Meta-science
- Methodology
- Replication
- Reproducibility
- Research transparency