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Re:Eleven strategies for making reproducible research the norm by QuesnayJr on Saturday November 25, 2023 @07:55AM (#38413198)
It can also be hard to judge whether replication failed because the result is bogus or replication failed because the replication team is themselves incompetent.
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Re:Eleven strategies for making reproducible research the norm by edgyquant on Saturday November 25, 2023 @08:25AM (#38413333)
Did they follow the exact same steps claimed to result in something? Did it result in that thing?

The repetition team being incompetent sounds like a cop out. The researcher did a bad job and it’s on them to explain better etc in that case. No excuses, if it can’t be reproduced it isn’t taken seriously no exceptions

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Re:Eleven strategies for making reproducible research the norm by bluGill on Saturday November 25, 2023 @08:43AM (#38413442)
How do you know which? Both will point fingers at the other.
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Re:Eleven strategies for making reproducible research the norm by QuesnayJr on Saturday November 25, 2023 @09:41AM (#38413810)
You have two groups of people. Either is equally likely to be incompetent.
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