Is Social Science Reproducible? presented by Karen Schmidt, PhD, CTSI. Recent investigations of scientific misconduct in the social sciences have raised questions about how social science data and qualitative research data in general are collected and shared. Replicating social science analyses and determining if results are reproducible can be difficult given the lack of information made available by investigators. We will discuss current thinking and methodological advances in social and behavioral data collection with the goal of optimizing scientific reproducibility through greater transparency. Improving reproducibility has the potential to advance research and at the same time may have the side effect of reducing misconduct.

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