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Introducing a replication-first rule for Ph.D. projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

Arnold R. Kochari  and
Markus Ostarek
Arnold R. Kochari
Affiliation:
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]://akochari.com/
Markus Ostarek
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [email protected]://www.mpi.nl/people/ostarek-markus
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Abstract

Zwaan et al. mention that young researchers should conduct replications as a small part of their portfolio. We extend this proposal and suggest that conducting and reporting replications should become an integral part of Ph.D. projects and be taken into account in their assessment. We discuss how this would help not only scientific advancement, but also Ph.D. candidates' careers.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e138
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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