Replicator Degrees of Freedom Allow Publication of Misleading “Failures to Replicate”*

• In Event: Challenges in Replicability and Field Work

Brief Overview

Commonly-exercised flexibility at the experimental design and data analysis stages of replication testing—make it easy to publish false-negative replication results, even while seeming to adhere to rigorous methodological standards.

Authors

• Christopher J. Bryan, The University of Texas at Austin

• Joseph M O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin

• David Yeager, The University of Texas at Austin