The replication crisis is good for science
- Written by Eric Loken, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
Some studies don't hold up to added scrutiny. PORTRAIT IMAGES ASIA BY NONWARIT/shutterstock.comScience is in the midst of a crisis: A surprising fraction of published studies fail to replicate when the procedures are repeated.
For example, take the study, published in 2007, that claimed that tricky math problems requiring careful thought are...
