Examining the reproducibility crisis in scientific research and its implications for policy
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Florian Naudet
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This article examines the reproducibility crisis in science, where many published research findings cannot be replicated by other researchers. It discusses the Trump administration's "Gold Standard Science" criteria requiring reproducibility for informing public policy, and explores how widespread the problem is across disciplines. The piece questions whether it's reasonable to expect science to always be reproducible and what the implications are for scientific integrity and policy-making.
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· 3 pulledTo be deemed worthy of informing public policy and underpinning regulatory decisions in the United States, science should be reproducible.
Several large-scale studies show that researchers are struggling to reproduce certain results established by their peers across many disciplines.
How concerned should we be? Is it reasonable to expect science to always be reproducible?
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