Push button replication: Is impact evaluation evidence for international development verifiable?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Empirical research that cannot be reproduced using the original dataset and software code (replication files) creates a credibility challenge, as it means those published findings are not verifiable. This study reports the results of a research audit exercise, known as the push button replication project, that tested a sample of studies that use similar empirical methods but span a variety of academic fields.

Methods

We developed and piloted a detailed protocol for conducting push button replication and determining the level of comparability of these replication findings to original findings. We drew a sample of articles from the ten journals that published the most impact evaluations from low- and middle-income countries from 2010 through 2012. This set includes h

SUBMITTER: Wood BDK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303036 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature