The reproducibility of research is the essence of scientific truth and inventions. In a 2011 study, researchers evaluated 67 medical research projects and found that just 6% were fully repeatable whereas 65% showed inconsistencies when evaluated again. The effort echoes a 2015 attempt to replicate 100 research findings in psychology, but managed to do so for less than half. In 2019, the British Journal of Anaesthesia conducted a novel study to address the “over-interpretation, spin, and subjective bias” of researchers. However, by analysing the same data in another 2019 paper in the same journal, different researchers found different death rates.

Source: The Hindu October 26, 2023 16:01 UTC