2018
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-018-0149-x
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The possibility and desirability of replication in the humanities

Abstract: In this article, we argue that the debate on the poor reproducibility of scientific research has overlooked an entire field: replication is also possible and desirable in the humanities. So far, the debate on replicability has been carried out primarily in the biomedical, natural and social sciences. It turns out that, for a wide variety of reasons, many of which lead to selective reporting, a large proportion of studies in these fields are not replicable, sometimes as many as 70 percent. In this paper, we lea… Show more

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“…Peels and Bouter [18] also briefly define two terms: replicability and replication. They define replicability as a characteristic of the communication of an approach, and replication is the act of repeating that approach.…”
Section: Replication Talkmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Peels and Bouter [18] also briefly define two terms: replicability and replication. They define replicability as a characteristic of the communication of an approach, and replication is the act of repeating that approach.…”
Section: Replication Talkmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Accordingly, for the remainder of this text, we will use the terms replicability and replication in line with Peels and Bouter. The key characteristic of a replication study according to Peels and Bouter is that it attempts to answer the same question as the initial study, with replicability as a requirement for initiation [18,[22][23][24].…”
Section: Peels and Boutermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The key characteristic of a replication study according to Peels and Bouter is that it attempts to answer the same question as the initial study, with replicability as a requirement for initiation [18,[22][23][24].…”
Section: Peels and Boutermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Peels and Bouter advocate for a replication drive in the humanities, calling it an "urgent need." According to them, funding agencies should demand that any primary studies they fund in the humanities are replicable and begin funding replication studies; journals should publish replication studies, regardless of results; and humanistic scholars and their professional organisations should "get their act together" [18]. Nosek [29].…”
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