[LMU-OSC News] Keynote by Andrew Gelman: Social Science and the Replication Crisis

[LMU Open Science Center News]

Dear all,

on Thursday, 8 October 2020, 15:00, there is a keynote by Andrew Gelman 
at WZB which might be of interest to you:


### Social Science and the Replication Crisis
Keynote by Andrew Gelman, Department of Statistics and Department of 
Political Science, Columbia University

The replication crisis is typically discussed in the context of 
particular silly claims, or in terms of the sociology of science, or 
with regard to controversies in statistical practice. Here we discuss 
the content of unreplicated or otherwise shaky empirical claims in 
social science, which often seem to be associated with a model in which 
important attitudes and behavior can be easily manipulated using 
irrelevant stimuli. This set of theories, if true, would have important 
implications for politics and society, supporting certain views held on 
the left, right, and technocratic center of the political spectrum.  
Conversely, the lack of empirical support for the manipulable-human 
model has social and political implications which are worth considering: 
If people are not so easily swayed in this way, this suggests that we 
should try to more carefully understand their direct motivations.

For details and Zoom link, see 
https://wzb.eu/en/events/social-science-and-the-replication-crisis


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