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. 2018 Jan:41:e148.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18000845.

Constraints on generality statements are needed to define direct replication

Daniel J Simons  1 , Yuichi Shoda  2 , D Stephen Lindsay  3
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Constraints on generality statements are needed to define direct replication

Daniel J Simons et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Whether or not a replication attempt counts as "direct" often cannot be determined definitively after the fact as a result of flexibility in how procedural differences are interpreted. Specifying constraints on generality in original articles can eliminate ambiguity in advance, thereby leading to a more cumulative science.

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