The world of social science got a rude awakening a few years ago, when researchers concluded that many studies in this area appeared to be deeply flawed. Two-thirds could not be replicated in other labs.
Some of those same researchers now report those problems still frequently crop up, even in the most prestigious scientific journals.
But their study, published Monday in Nature Human Behaviour, also finds that social scientists can actually sniff out the dubious results with remarkable skill. CONT.
Richard Harris, NPR