The problem with science : the reproducibility crisis and what to do about it / R. Barker Bausell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bausell, R. Barker, 1942- author.

Contributor:

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

I. Background and facilitators of the crisis. Publication bias

False-positive results and a nontechnical overview of their modeling

Questionable research practices (QRPs) and their devastating scientific effects

A few case studies of QRP-driven irreproducible results

The return of pathological science accompanied by a pinch of replication

II. Approaches for identifying irreproducible findings. The replication process

Multiple-study replication initiatives

Damage control upon learning that one's study failed to replicate

III. Strategies for increasing the reproducibility of published scientific results. Publishing issues and their impact on reproducibility

Preregistration, data sharing, and other salutary behaviors

A (very) few concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 02, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Bausell, R. Barker, 1942- The problem with science

ISBN:

9780197536568

0197536565

9780197536544

0197536549

9780197536551

0197536557

Publisher Number:

99986902517

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.