Commentary on Valentine, Jeffrey, et al.: Replication in prevention science. The Advisory Board of Blueprints for Violence Prevention.

摘要

The Valentine et al. paper provides a first-step analysis of some key issues in replication. The paper acknowledges the question of what is to be considered a replication and introduces the importance of understanding the purpose of a replication study. Importantly, the paper recognizes the current development of the field of prevention science in which we are faced with few replications to consider, with sometimes a maximum of two studies. To illustrate, the Blueprints for Violence Prevention project at the University of Colorado has reviewed evaluations of 895 prevention programs.