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Re:We Should Not Accept Scientific Results That Have Not Bee... by wodenokoto on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:40AM (#12186175)
On a low level, I think it should be mandatory for masters students to do a pre-thesis project, which is replicating findings in a published paper.

It would do something about low hanging fruit in terms of testing reproduceability and since there is a published paper, the student has access to guidelines for setting up and reporting on a large project, which will help them learn how to do their own, original thesis.

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Re:We Should Not Accept Scientific Results That Have Not Bee... by tnhh on Friday July 29, 2016 @08:25AM (#12186341)
I had my Masters students do this as part of my wireless networking class this year. It was very instructive for me and the students seemed to enjoy it, so I'll definitely keep it in the syllabus.
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