Estimating the reproducibility of social learning research published between 1955 and 2018.

ABSTRACT: Reproducibility is integral to science, but difficult to achieve. Previous research has quantified low rates of data availability and results reproducibility across the biological and behavioural sciences. Here, we surveyed 560 empirical publications, published between 1955 and 2018 in the social learning literature, a research topic that spans animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, cultural evolution and evolutionary psychology. Data were recoverable online or through direct data requests for 30% of this sample. Data recovery declines exponentially with time since publication, halving every 6 years, and up to every 9 years for human experimental data. When data for a publication can be recovered, we estimate a high probability of subsequent data usability (87%), analytical clarity (97%) a

SUBMITTER: Minocher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8441137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature