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More than half of the findings from 100 different studie... leading, peer-reviewed psychology journals cannot be rep... researchers who followed the same methodological protocol.
A study by more than 270 researchers from around the wor ...

Study reveals that a lot of psychology research really is just 'psycho-babble' - Science - News - The Independent
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More than half of the findings from 100 different studies published in leading, peer-reviewed psychology journals cannot be reproduced by other researchers who followed the same methodological protocol.

A study by more than 270 researchers from around the world has found that just 39 per cent of the claims made in psychology papers published in three prominent journals could be reproduced unambiguously – and even then they were found to be less significant statistically than the original findings.

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<p>More than half of the findings from 100 different studies published in leading, peer-reviewed psychology journals cannot be reproduced by other researchers who followed the same methodological protocol.</p><p>A study by more than 270 researchers from around the world has found that just 39 per cent of the claims made in psychology papers published in three prominent journals could be reproduced unambiguously &#x2013; and even then they were found to be less significant statistically than the original findings.</p>