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Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Real (▻https://www.theatlantic.co...
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Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Real

Another big project has found that only half of studies can be repeated. And this time, the usual explanations fall flat.

HN Discussion: ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18577079 Posted by zwieback (karma: 3853) Post stats: Points: 160 - Comments: 79 - 2018-12-01T15:15:08Z

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[1]Read: Online bettors can sniff out weak psychology studies.

But other intuitions were less accurate. In 12 cases, the scientists behind the original studies suggested traits that the replicators should account for. They might, for example, only find the same results in women rather than men, or in people with certain personality traits. In almost every case, those suggested traits proved to (...)