Metaresearch for Evaluating Reproducibility in Ecology and Evolution.
Metaresearch for Evaluating Reproducibility in Ecology and Evolution.
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DOI：
10.1093/biosci/biw159
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
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影响因子：
10.1
通讯作者：
Gordon A
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作者：
Fidler F;Chee YE;Wintle BC;Burgman MA;McCarthy MA;Gordon A
最近在其他学科的复制项目发现了令人不安的低水平的可重复性，这表明这些研究文献可能包含无法验证的主张。在其他学科中导致不可再生性的条件也存在于生态学中。其中包括“积极”或“显著”结果的比例与实证研究的平均统计能力之间存在很大差异，抽样停止规则和结果的报告不完整，期刊政策阻碍重复研究，以及鼓励可疑研究实践的流行研究文化。我们认为，这些条件构成了充分的理由，系统地评估生态学和进化的证据基础的再现性。在某些情况下，直接复制的生态研究是困难的，因为强烈的时间和空间依赖性，所以在这里，我们提出元研究项目，将提供替代措施的再现性。
Recent replication projects in other disciplines have uncovered disturbingly low levels of reproducibility, suggesting that those research literatures may contain unverifiable claims. The conditions contributing to irreproducibility in other disciplines are also present in ecology. These include a large discrepancy between the proportion of “positive” or “significant” results and the average statistical power of empirical research, incomplete reporting of sampling stopping rules and results, journal policies that discourage replication studies, and a prevailing publish-or-perish research culture that encourages questionable research practices. We argue that these conditions constitute sufficient reason to systematically evaluate the reproducibility of the evidence base in ecology and evolution. In some cases, the direct replication of ecological research is difficult because of strong temporal and spatial dependencies, so here, we propose metaresearch projects that will provide proxy measures of reproducibility.