Dear meta-research enthusiasts

META-REP (a DFG-funded priority programme taking a meta-scientific perspective on replicability in disciplines dealing with human behaviour, with a focus on replicability assessment, reasons for (non-)replicability and on ways to improve reproducibility of empirical results) is starting a hybrid lecture series (LMU / Zoom):

https://meta-rep.de/events/lectureseries/

The next one is:

When: Nov 8 at 17:00 CET

Who: Berna Devezer

Title: Theoretical Insights on Replication: A Miracle or a Crutch?

Abstract: Replication experiments purport to independently validate claims from previous research or provide some diagnostic evidence about their reliability. In practice, this value of replication experiments is often taken for granted. Our research shows that in replications, practice often does not live up to theory. Most replication experiments have a design different from the original rendering their results uninterpretable. These results can be driven by the true data generating mechanism, issues present in the original experiment, discrepancies between the original and the replication experiment new issues introduced in the replication experiment, or combinations of any of these factors. The answers we are looking for with regard to the true state of nature require a rigorous and meticulous investigative process of eliminating errors and singling out elementary or pure cases. In this talk, I will provide an overview of our theoretical approaches and results to date, building up toward a discussion of why most experiments are not replication-ready and what it would take for replication results to be clearly interpretable. I will chart an alternative path, where replication experiments play a critical yet a much more limited role in the scientific process than many scientists appear to envision today.

Please find the zoom link and announcement of future lectures directly on their webpage:

https://meta-rep.de/events/lectureseries/

Best wishes

Malika

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Dr. Malika Ihle (she/her) (pronounciation)

LMU Open Science Center Coordinator

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