metascience
Inquiry into inquiry methods
Metascience is the scientific study of science itself—how research is conducted, published, and replicated.
It examines the methods, incentives, and institutions that shape scientific knowledge production: Metascience has revealed that many published findings fail to replicate.
The field addresses questions about research quality, bias, and reform of scientific practices.
Act of duplicating precisely
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- preregistrationSigning up before official enrollment
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- measurementDetermining size or amount
validity · reliability · protocols · blinding · randomization · transparency · methodology
Formal boundary setting
- falsifiabilitySusceptibility to disproof
- verificationProving something accurate
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- instrumentalismTheories as useful tools
objectivity · Popper · naturalism · constructivism · relativism · truth · evidence · justification
Supplying monetary resources
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- academiaHigher education community
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
- publishersFirms producing printed works
universities · laboratories · tenure · collaboration · interdisciplinary · gatekeeping · prestige · authorship
Quality inspiring trust
- preprintsUnreviewed research papers
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- correctionFixing of mistakes
replication
Act of duplicating precisely
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- preregistrationSigning up before official enrollment
- samplingExtracting subset for study
measurement · validity · reliability · protocols · blinding · randomization · transparency · methodology
demarcation
Formal boundary setting
- falsifiabilitySusceptibility to disproof
- verificationProving something accurate
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
instrumentalism · objectivity · Popper · naturalism · constructivism · relativism · truth · evidence · justification · rationality
funding
Supplying monetary resources
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- academiaHigher education community
- journalsPeriodicals or personal logs
publishers · universities · laboratories · tenure · collaboration · interdisciplinary · gatekeeping · prestige · authorship
credibility
Quality inspiring trust
- preprintsUnreviewed research papers
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- correctionFixing of mistakes
metascienceprimary research
Data gathered directly by researcher
empirical research · experimental science · field research · basic research · applied science
metasciencedata collection
Systematic accumulation of facts
hypothesis testing · fieldwork · clinical trials · bench work · measurement
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