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
Citation
DELIOS, Andrew, et. al., , & HARTANTO, Andree.(2022). Examining the generalizability of research findings from archival data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(30), 1-9.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120377119