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Statisticians have been keen to critique statistical aspects of the “replication crisis” in other scientific disciplines. But new statistical tools are often published and promoted without any thought to replicability. This needs to change, argue …

Missing or inaccessible information about the methods used in scientific research slows the pace of discovery and hampers reproducibility. Yet little is known about how, why, and under what conditions researchers share detailed methods information, …

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Blaze is an email newsletter service that automatically curates the best independent technical writing from the past week into newsletter digests. We place a strong focus on discovery, and try to strike a balance between quality, relevance and …

Research is cumulative. New investigations build on, challenge, or qualify claims based on prior evidence. When we have limited evidence, it is normal that some explanations are wrong and need to be refined or reconsidered. This self-corrective …

Objectives Despite the growing importance of bioinformatics in molecular diagnostics, not all medical laboratory sciences (MLS) programs provide instruction in this field. We developed and assessed a virtual laboratory learning unit to introduce …

Beginning in 2011, public scandals and high-visibility critiques of research methods in psychology fed a broader “replication crisis”: foundational experiments could not be replicated, and statistical methods in social psychology demonstrated …

Dr Jemeen Sreedharan talks about his personal experiences of openness (and the opposite!) and how it has led to his research flourishing. This is a series of anecdotes and associated learning experiences he has had over the years.

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On behalf of the Swedish government, the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB) has developed national guidelines for open science. The guidelines are intended to provide support and guidance to actors in Sweden who have an important …