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- Title
Replication of Special Education Research.
- Authors
Makel, Matthew C.; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Freeman, Jennifer; Lombardi, Allison; Simonsen, Brandi; Coyne, Michael
- Abstract
Increased calls for rigor in special education have often revolved around the use of experimental research design. However, the replicability of research results is also a central tenet to the scientific research process. To assess the prevalence, success rate, and authorship history of replications in special education, we investigated the complete publication history of every replication published in the 36 journals categorized by ISI Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Report as special education. We found that 0.5% of all articles reported seeking to replicate a previously published finding. More than 80% of these replications reported successfully replicating previous findings. However, replications where there was at least one author overlapping with the original article (which happens about two thirds of the time) were statistically significantly more likely to find successful results.
- Subjects
AUTHORSHIP; CHI-squared test; EXPERIMENTAL design; REPLICATION (Experimental design); SERIAL publications; SPECIAL education; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC reviews; EVIDENCE-based medicine; PROFESSIONAL practice; INTER-observer reliability; PERIODICAL articles; CITATION analysis; IMPACT factor (Citation analysis); MEDICAL coding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Remedial & Special Education, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 4, p205
- ISSN
0741-9325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0741932516646083