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I think GP is saying that you should have to replicate another's work, not that your dissertation must be replicated. The latter would tack on I think we shoul
by afarrell 10y ago
I think GP is saying that you should have to replicate another's work, not that your dissertation must be replicated. The latter would tack on
I think we should make it more precise: in order to reach <stage>, you should have to replicate another's work that has not been replicated more than three times as of 6 months ago and produce either a record of a successful replication or a bug report detailing a failed replication.
As a best practice, a lab where few of the incoming grad students can produce a definitive (either successful or failed) replication should checked-on by the university to see if they've just got a terrible working environment.
- sevensor 10y agoThis would be great training, too. Not only would grad students learn how to conduct experiments in their field, they would also learn the value of a good Methods section in a paper.
- jclos 10y agoI don't know if making replication a "grad student chore" that you need to get through is a good way to remove the stigma behind "wasting" time replicating other's people scientific results instead of building your own. Perhaps we should just admit that replicating scientific results is just as much science as creating original work is, and grant degrees to students who manage to replicate a lot of work and publish it in a rigorous analysis.