But what is meant by reproducibility? First of all,it is important to remember that reproducibility is not the aim in itself so much as a proxy for truth'“If a finding can be reliably repeated,it is likely to be true,and if it cannot be,its truth is in question”In order that a finding be reproduced,researchers must provide sufficient information about the original procedures such that they can be repeated-Goodman et al.call this’methods reproducibility.’
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