C4R at Stanford’s Reproducibility Rounds
A global community working together to do better science.
Last month, our curriculum development lead, Hao Ye, participated in a panel hosted by SPORR, the Stanford Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility. The event was the 4th version of their Reproducibility Rounds series, “a new international monthly webinar designed to foster open dialogue and exchange of experiences between institutions, researchers, and other stakeholders on the critical topics of research rigor and reproducibility.”
Watch the full recording here.
In this episode of SPORR’s Reproducibility Rounds, Hao shared the virtual stage with Reproducibility for Everyone and FORRT, the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training, two training initiatives that provide tools for improving reproducibility. Hao's presentation also included a demonstration of an activity from our recently released Confirmation Bias unit. Spoiler warning!
In scientific terms, reproducibility refers to the ability of independent researchers to obtain similar or the same results when repeating an experiment or test, using the same methods and materials as the original study. While reproducibility alone doesn’t cover every aspect of a rigorous study, it’s certainly a very important part of it.
In a survey published by Nature last November, “nearly three-quarters of biomedical researchers think there is a reproducibility crisis in science.” The good news is, most of us care about good science, and the scientific community is working together to address these issues.
We’re so proud to be part of this great community! Solving science problems requires multiple efforts and different approaches, according to scientists’ needs and their career paths, and C4R is here for it.
