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. 2018 Jan:41:e146.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18000821.

The importance of exact conceptual replications

Richard E Petty  1
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The importance of exact conceptual replications

Richard E Petty. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Although Zwaan et al. argue that original researchers should provide a replication recipe that provides great specificity about the operational details of one's study, I argue that it may be as important to provide a recipe that allows replicators to conduct a study that matches the original in as many conceptual details as possible (i.e., an exact conceptual replication).

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