Bringing the Gold Standard into the Classroom: Replication in University Teaching
Bringing the Gold Standard into the Classroom: Replication in University Teaching
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DOI：
10.1111/insp.12104
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发表时间：
2016-11-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Janz, Nicole
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作者：
Janz, Nicole
可重复性被认为是科学研究的黄金标准。已发表作品的可信度取决于能否复制结果。然而，在政治学领域进行重复研究的动力却很少。由于假定缺乏原创性，复制很难进行、耗时且难以发布。本文看到了研究生教学深刻变革的解决方案。大学应将复制作为方法培训中的课堂作业引入，或投资新的独立复制研讨会，以建立复制和可再现性文化。本文将首先讨论进行复制的好处。主要部分将重点关注在课堂上整合复制的具体步骤，从选择论文到最终手稿。借鉴作者自己和其他人的教学经验，特别强调让学生复制作业的陷阱和挑战，以及潜在的批评。只有大学培育可重复性和复制性文化，我们才能确保可靠、可信和有效研究的黄金标准不只是一句空话。
Reproducibility is held to be the gold standard for scientific research. The credibility of published work depends on being able to replicate the results. However, there are few incentives to conduct replication studies in political science. Replications are difficult to conduct, time-consuming, and hard to publish because of a presumed lack of originality. This article sees a solution in a profound change in graduate teaching. Universities should introduce replications as class assignments in methods training or invest in new stand-alone replication workshops to establish a culture of replication and reproducibility. This article will first discuss the benefits of conducting replications. The main part will focus on concrete steps in integrating replication in the classroom, from selecting a paper to final manuscripts. Drawing on the author's own teaching experience as well as that of others, particular emphasis will be on the pitfalls and challenges of letting students replicate work, as well as potential criticism. Only if universities nurture a reproducibility and replication culture can we ensure that the gold standard of reliable, credible, and valid research is not just an empty phrase.