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Reproducibility: A tragedy of errors

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  • David B. Allison

    (School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.)

  • Andrew W. Brown

    (Andrew W. Brown is a scientist in the Office of Energetics and the Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.)

  • Brandon J. George

    (Brandon J. George is a statistician in the Office of Energetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.)

  • Kathryn A. Kaiser

    (Kathryn A. Kaiser is an instructor in the Office of Energetics and the Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.)

Abstract

Mistakes in peer-reviewed papers are easy to find but hard to fix, report David B. Allison and colleagues.

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  • David B. Allison & Andrew W. Brown & Brandon J. George & Kathryn A. Kaiser, 2016. "Reproducibility: A tragedy of errors," Nature, Nature, vol. 530(7588), pages 27-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:530:y:2016:i:7588:d:10.1038_530027a
    DOI: 10.1038/530027a
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