As the result of a mandate from Congress, the National Academies will explore the issues of reproducibility and replication in scientific and engineering research. The committee will explore what is ...
Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty Images Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for ...
The process of independently repeating earlier studies—by interrogating the same research questions, and employing the same or similar methods and data—is broadly considered the cornerstone of science ...