Takeaways from the Special Issue on The Practice of Replication
Takeaways from the Special Issue on The Practice of Replication
复制标题
复制实践特刊的要点
作者：
W. Robert Reed
摘要2017年7月，《经济学：开放获取、开放评估电子期刊》（Economics：The Open Access，Open Assessment E-Journal）发布了一篇关于“复制实践”的特刊的论文征集。在那次电话会议上，《华尔街日报》解释说，对于如何进行复制，没有普遍接受的程序。同样，也没有一个普遍接受的标准来确定一个复制是否“证实或否定”一个原始的研究。因此，该杂志要求论文确定如何进行复制以及如何解释其结果的原则;并将这些原则应用于为作者选择的研究制定复制计划。希望这项工作将在“推广做法”方面取得一些进展。该特刊现已完成，共有8篇期刊文章。本评注将各条款置于一个共同框架内，并确定了从各研究报告中得出的意见和经验教训。
Abstract In July 2017, Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal issued a call for papers for a special issue on “The Practice of Replication.” In that call, the journal explained that there was no generally accepted procedure for how to do a replication. Likewise, there was no generally accepted standard for determining whether a replication “confirms or disconfirms” an original study. Accordingly, the journal called for papers to identify principles for how to do a replication and how to interpret its results; and to apply those principles in crafting a replication plan for a study of the author’s choosing. The hope was that this exercise would produce some progress on “the practice of replication.” The special issue is now complete with a total of eight journal articles. This commentary places the respective articles within a common framework and identifies observations and lessons learned from the respective studies.