“We’ve learned that the best data scientists are skeptics and follow Twyman’s law: Any figure that looks interesting or different is usually wrong. Surprising results should be replicated—both to make ...

Scientific progress depends on results that can be repeated – yet across disciplines, too many experiments fail that test.

The course covers methods of design and construction of experiments and analysis of data obtained from them. Both theory and applications are covered in detail. Understand the basic principles of ...

Statistics Machine Room, 1964. Research students Mr Button and Mr Kerner. Photograph taken during the making of a BBC documentary. In light of an estimated replication rate of only 36% out of 100 ...

For scientists, getting research published in the journal Nature is a huge deal. It carries weight, prestige, and the promise of career advancement—as do the pages of its competitor, Science. Both ...

Over the past decade, it became apparent that a number of fields of research had some issues with replication. Published results didn't always survive attempts at repeating experiments. The extent of ...

The replication crisis in psychology refers to concerns about the credibility of findings in psychological science. The term, which originated in the early 2010s, denotes that findings in behavioral ...