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Joshua Chung Advanced Psychological Statistics Paper 5: Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science

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Q –Thes t udywasc onduct edt oes t i mat ewhatt hepr opor t i onofr epr oduc i bl es t udi esi n Ps y c hol ogi c alSc i enc ewas . D –Agr oupofr es ear c her sconduc t ed100di r ec tr epl i c at i onswhi c hc l os el yr epr oduced c ondi t i onsoft heor i gi nals t udi es ;t heyobt ai nedPv al uesandeffec ts i z esandcompar ed t hem t ot heor i gi nalst udi es . A–Di r ectr epl i cat i oni si mpor t antf orv er i f y i ngr es ul t sofpas ts t udi es ,butduet oades i r e f ornovel t y and pos i t i v er es ul t s ,t her ei sa l ar ge pr obabi l i t y off al s e pos i t i v es whi l e r epl i c abi l i t yi snei t herdoneof t ennorunder s t oodwel l ;r es ear c her swant edt oc onduct at t empt satr epl i c at i ng s c i ent i fi cs t udi eson al ar ge s c al e whi l e pr ov i di ng t r anspar ent i nf or mat i onaboutt hest udi es ,met hodol ogy ,orr esul t ss oast opr ov i dei ns i ghtont ot he pr obl em ofr epl i c abi l i t y . F –The r es ul t sf oundas i gni ficantr educt i oni nt henumberofs t at i s t i cal l ys i gni fic ant r esul t sandi neffec ts i z ebet weent heor i gi nals t udyandt her epl i cat i on;t hei ni t i aleffec t s i z epr edi c t edr epr oduc i bi l i t y . I–Ther es ear c her sc onc l udedt hatt hepr ac t i c esi nt hes c i ent i fi cc ommuni t y ,wi t hl ow powers t udi esandabi ast owar dspos i t i v er es ul t scaus i ngr epor t edeffec ts i z est hatar e l ar gert hanr eal i t yandi nr epl i cat i ons .Bot hi nnovat i onandr epl i c at i onar ei mpor t anti n ensur i ngt hepr ogr es sofs c i ence,ands c i ent i fi ci ncent i v ess uc hasf undi ngs houl dbe bet t ert unedt or efl ec tt hi s ....