Replications in Comparative Cognition: What Should We Expect and How Can We Improve?

ABSTRACT: Direct replication studies follow an original experiment's methods as closely as possible. They provide information about the reliability and validity of an original study's findings. The present paper asks what comparative cognition should expect if its studies were directly replicated, and how researchers can use this information to improve the reliability of future research. Because published effect sizes are likely overestimated, comparative cognition researchers should not expect findings with p-values just below the significance level to replicate consistently. Nevertheless, there are several statistical and design features that can help researchers identify reliable research. However, researchers should not simply aim for maximum replicability when planning studies; comparati

SUBMITTER: Farrar BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334049 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature