Corollaries on the Probability that a Research Finding is True

  • Corollary 1: The smaller the studies conducted in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
  • Corollary 2: The smaller the effect sizes in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
  • Corollary 3: The greater the number and the lesser the selection of tested relationships in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
  • Corollary 4: The greater the flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
  • Corollary 5: The greater the financial and other interests and prejudices in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
  • Corollary 6: The hotter a scientific field (with more scientific teams involved), the less likely the research findings are to be true.

Notes:

Six indicators that detract from the likelihood that a research paper's results are reproducible.

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 Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article:  Ioannidis, John P. A. , Why Most Published Research Findings Are False, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Retrieved on 2011-01-02
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     Notes on the Decline Effect

    A collection of memes about the tendency of much published research to not be reproducible and what biases cause this phenomenon.
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