Abstract

Science has been invaluable in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. However, science is not flawless: especially research that is performed and written up under high time pressure may be susceptible to errors. Luckily, one of the core principles of science is its ability to self-correct. Traditionally, scientific self-correction is achieved through replication, but this takes time and resources; both of which are scarce. In this chapter, I argue for an additional, more efficient self-correction mechanism: analytical reproducibility checks.

Tags
covid-19, crisis, reproducibility, scientific self-correction

This chapter was published as: Nuijten, M. B. (2020). Efficient scientific self-correction in times of crisis. In E. Aarts, H. Fleuren, M. Sitskoorn & T. Wilthagen (Ed.), The new common (pp. 165-169). Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Preprint DOI 10.31234/osf.io/9hc8z
Available online https://psyarxiv.com/9hc8z/