{"id":32497,"date":"2016-04-08T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=32497"},"modified":"2016-04-08T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:05:53","slug":"about-1-in-3-economics-studies-dont-replicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/04\/about-1-in-3-economics-studies-dont-replicate.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;About 1 in 3 Economics Studies Don&#8217;t Replicate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32499\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/04\/Clark_Stanleys_Snake_Oil_Liniment.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32499\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32499\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/04\/Clark_Stanleys_Snake_Oil_Liniment.png\" alt=\"Ummmm!  Snake oil!\" width=\"346\" height=\"527\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ends world poverty, relieves sorrow, guarantees business success, writes excellent novels, and perpetuates true love!\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I believe in the academic peer review process. \u00a0I think it very useful to both authors and editors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve undergone scholarly peer review many times myself. \u00a0Moreover, the two Mormon-related journals\u00a0with which I\u2019ve been principally connected have used the same peer review processes that are employed in academia generally. \u00a0We replicated the methods with which we\u2019re familiar. \u00a0(The common accusation in some circles that we don\u2019t use peer review is, like much else that critics have said about both the <em>FARMS Review<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Interpreter<\/em><\/a>, both baseless and false, not to mention malicious.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But peer review isn\u2019t magical, it isn\u2019t perfect, and \u2014 unlike Dr. Smith\u2019s Miracle Elixir and Clark Stanley\u2019s Snake Oil Liniment \u2014 it won\u2019t cure all ills. \u00a0It\u2019s a helpful tool, but it\u2019s just a tool.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, more and more, scholars and scientists are recognizing how much questionable material \u2014 sometimes sheer junk \u2014 clears peer review:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/articles\/2016\/04\/08\/about_1_in_3_economics_studies_dont_replicate_109594.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.realclearscience.com\/articles\/2016\/04\/08\/about_1_in_3_economics_studies_dont_replicate_109594.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 I believe in the academic peer review process. \u00a0I think it very useful to both authors and editors. \u00a0 I\u2019ve undergone scholarly peer review many times myself. \u00a0Moreover, the two Mormon-related journals\u00a0with which I\u2019ve been principally connected have used the same peer review processes that are employed in academia generally. \u00a0We replicated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;About 1 in 3 Economics Studies Don&#039;t Replicate&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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