A seven-year effort examining nearly 4,000 papers found that only about half of social-science studies can be replicated. The SCORE project, involving hundreds of researchers, confirmed long-running concerns about the reliability of published work. Yet it also found progress: newer studies appear more transparent, and tools such as multiverse analysis and AI-assisted screening could improve research credibility over time.
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The replicability crisis was known for awhile, and doesn’t affect just social studies. You saw it a lot during COVID where many tests kept failing replication, both current research but also past (like 60-70s era research).
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quantifying the human condition ain’t easy that’s for sure
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A seven-year effort examining nearly 4,000 papers found that only about half of social-science studies can be replicated. The SCORE project, involving hundreds of researchers, confirmed long-running concerns about the reliability of published work. Yet it also found progress: newer studies appear more transparent, and tools such as multiverse analysis and AI-assisted screening could improve research credibility over time.
The replicability crisis was known for awhile, and doesn’t affect just social studies. You saw it a lot during COVID where many tests kept failing replication, both current research but also past (like 60-70s era research).
quantifying the human condition ain’t easy that’s for sure