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Scientists Replicated 100 Psychology Studies, and Fewer Than Half Got the Same Results

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On 8-27-15 Smithsonian Magazine highlighted an article from Science  which showed that fewer than half of the studies published in 2008 in the top three psychology journals were reproducible.    This is a serious problem for psychology and challenges the methods they are using in collecting their data.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-replicated-100-psychology-studies-and-fewer-half-got-same-results-180956426/?no-ist

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/aac4716

About me: Sean McClure is currently a Federal Employee with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State.  He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

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