Reproducibility is a common standard for scientific data. If experimental or descriptive data cannot be reproduced, then they are generally discarded. Reproducibility was mentioned by several ...

Synthetic data is a vital substitute for real sensitive personal data in supporting social science research and policy ...

Over the past few years, there has been a growing awareness that many experimentally established "facts" don't seem to hold up to repeated investigation. This was highlighted in a 2010 article in the ...

Reproducibility is one of the buzziest terms in science today. After all, science by its nature is not supposed to be a one-and-done affair. But a new paper in Science Translational Medicine argues ...

Scientific research has never produced more information than it does today. Across nearly every discipline, researchers face ...

Social science, including behavioral economics, has recently come under fire as failing to generate studies with reproducible results. The Reproducibility Project made waves in August of 2015 when it ...

Independent verification of data is a cornerstone of scientific research. The scientific method relies on reproducibility to validate findings and build upon existing work. Ideally, researchers should ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. A growing chorus of researchers says there’s a ...

Many people have been there. The dinner party is going well until someone decides to introduce a controversial topic. In today's world, that could be anything from vaccines to government budget cuts ...