Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

7-2022

Abstract

This initiative examined systematically the extent to which a large set of archival research findings generalizes across contexts. We repeated the key analyses for 29 original strategic management effects in the same context (direct reproduction) as well as in 52 novel time periods and geographies; 45% of the reproductions returned results matching the original reports together with 55% of tests in different spans of years and 40% of tests in novel geographies. Some original findings were associated with multiple new tests. Reproducibility was the best predictor of generalizability—for the findings that proved directly reproducible, 84% emerged in other available time periods and 57% emerged in other geographies. Overall, only limited empirical evidence emerged for context sensitivity. In a forecasting survey, independent scientists were able to anticipate which effects would find support in tests in new samples.

Keywords

Research reliability, generalizability, archival data, reproducibility, context sensitivity

Discipline

Cognition and Perception | Cognitive Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Volume

119

Issue

30

First Page

1

Last Page

9

ISSN

0027-8424

Identifier

10.1073/pnas.2120377119

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120377119

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