Exploring the replication crisis in the social sciences
Students will answer questions based on the Science News article "Replication crisis spurs reforms."
Educator Guide: Replication Crisis Spurs Reforms
About this guide
Use this guide to learn about experimental design, social science surveys, statistics and the importance of reproducible results through the Science News article “Replication crisis spurs reforms.” The article reports on an investigation into the reproducibility of social science studies. When other scientists repeated the studies, many could not produce results that matched the original studies’ results. That raises questions about whether the original studies are correct.
This Guide Includes:
Three steps to reproducible results
These discussion prompts ask students to define key science terms related to social science, experimental design and statistics, and to dig deeper into the methodology of experimental design.
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