replication crises

A form of replication crisis — A crisis caused by the problem that many scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce, casting doubt on the meaningfulness of their results in light of the requirements of the scientific method.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of replication crisis

    It is not just the social sciences that are in the grip of replication crises.

    2015 November 2, Andreas Ortmann, “The replication crisis has engulfed economics”, in The Conversation, retrieved 02 Sep 2021
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