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. 2015 Dec 15;112(50):15267-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1521417112. Epub 2015 Dec 2.

Markets for replication

Alec Brandon  1 , John A List  2
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Markets for replication

Alec Brandon et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Probability of a true scientific finding as a function of number of successful replications. Poststudy probability as the number of successful replications given a fixed number of replications. Power is assumed to be 0.8. Significance is 0.1, 0.05, or 0.01, depending on the line plotted.
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