How Reproducable is Science? - Taking Sides
Following a study pushed last year, in which the authors tried to reproduce psycology experiments and found only 39% of studies were reproducable.
The journal Science has further discussion of both sides of the reproduction of science. Also being published is a reproducibility study about studies in theoretical economics, which found much higher reproducibility.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11152796/psychology-reproducibility-fight-between-scientists (News Story)
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1037.2 (Critique of Original Study)
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1037.3 (Defense of Original Study)
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2016/03/02/science.aaf0918 (Economics Study)
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