Replicability
Definition: An umbrella term, used differently across fields, covering concepts of: direct and conceptual replication, computational reproducibility/replicability, generalizability analysis and robustness analyses. Some of the definitions used previously include: a different team arriving at the same results using the original author’s artifacts (Barba 2018); a study arriving at the same conclusion after collecting new data (Claerbout and Karrenbach, 1992); as well as studies for which any outcome would be considered diagnostic evidence about a claim from prior research (Nosek & Errington, 2020).
Related terms: Conceptual replication, Direct Replication, Generalizability, Reproducibility, Reliability, Robustness (analyses)
References:
- Barba, L. A. (2018). Terminologies for reproducible research. arXiv Preprint arXiv:1802.03311.
- Crüwell, S., van Doorn, J., Etz, A., Makel, M. C., Moshontz, H., Niebaum, J. C., Orben, A., Parsons, S., & Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M. (2019). Seven Easy Steps to Open Science: An Annotated Reading List. Zeitschrift Für Psychologie, 227(4), 237–248. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000387
- King, G. (1995). Replication, replication. PS: Political Science & Politics, 28(3), 444–452. https://doi.org/10.2307/420301
- Nosek, B. A., & Errington, T. M. (2020). What is replication? PLOS Biology, 18(3), e3000691. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000691
Originally drafted by: Mahmoud Elsherif
Reviewed by: Jamie P. Cockcroft, Adrien Fillon, Gilad Feldman, Annalise A. LaPlume, Tina B. Lonsdorf, Sam Parsons, Eike Mark Rinke, Tobias Wingen