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Constraints on generality statements are needed to define direct replication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

Daniel J. Simons ,
Yuichi Shoda  and
D. Stephen Lindsay
Daniel J. Simons
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820. [email protected]
Yuichi Shoda
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. [email protected]://www.psych.uw.edu/psych.php?p=358&person_id=2569
D. Stephen Lindsay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. [email protected]://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/psychology/people/faculty-directory/lindsaysteve.php
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Abstract

Whether or not a replication attempt counts as “direct” often cannot be determined definitively after the fact as a result of flexibility in how procedural differences are interpreted. Specifying constraints on generality in original articles can eliminate ambiguity in advance, thereby leading to a more cumulative science.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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