Reproducibility crisis in science or unrealistic expectations?

EMBO Rep. 2018 Jun;19(6):e46008. doi: 10.15252/embr.201846008. Epub 2018 Apr 25.

Abstract

The reproducibility crisis in biomedical research has spurred much debate about the causes of the failure to validate experimental results. But the discussion may be overlooking one crucial factor that is inherent to research with low sample sizes: random variation.

MeSH terms

  • Bias
  • Humans
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Science / standards*