Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to...
by dagw on Saturday May 22, 2021 @08:34AM
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or rather figuring out why it didn't
That can end up being just as time consuming as doing the research to begin with. Often there is no time and no money to go back and do that. If your 'budget' is 6 month you're going to spend 6 month trying to get your experiment to work. You're not going to 'give up' after 4 month and spend 2 month putting together a "why we failed" paper.
Re:A new replication crisis: Research that is less likely to...
by bumby on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:29PM
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However, the advantage is, if it is published, it can decrease the likelihood of multiple other attempts to try the same “unique” (and wrong) approach.
That can end up being just as time consuming as doing the research to begin with. Often there is no time and no money to go back and do that. If your 'budget' is 6 month you're going to spend 6 month trying to get your experiment to work. You're not going to 'give up' after 4 month and spend 2 month putting together a "why we failed" paper.