The Costs and Benefits of Replication Studies

• DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/c8akj
• Publication Date: 2018-07-02T11:33:02Z
• Authors: Nicholas Alvaro C...; Leonid Tiokhin; Anne M. Scheel; Peder Mortvedt Is...; Daniel Lakens
• Keywords: Replication; Value (mathematics); Mainstream

In a summary of recent discussions about the role direct replications in psychological science, Zwaan, Etz, Lucas, and Donnellan (2017; henceforth ZELD) argue that should be more mainstream, discuss six common objections to replication studies. We believe debate importance research is essentially driven by disagreements value studies best way allocate limited resources. suggest decision theory framework (Wald, 1950) can provide tool for researchers (a) evaluate costs benefits order determine when are worthwhile, (b) specify their assumptions quantifiable terms, facilitating productive which sources disagreement identified.