FOR MORE INFORMATION:
DR. ALTHEA ARCHMILLER, assistant professor, Biology
(218) 299-3793
AMY KELLY, College Communications
(218) 299-3642
CENTENNIAL LECTURE ON THE REPRODUCIBILITY
OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS
Dr. Althea ArchMiller, assistant professor of biology, will present a Centennial Scholars Lecture, “The Status of the ‘Reproducibility Crisis’ in Wildlife Ecology,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Morrie Jones Conference Center A-B, Knutson Campus Center.
Reproducibility is a fundamental tenet of the scientific process. In spite of this, there seems to be a lack of clarity within the scientific community about what it means for a study to be reproducible.
ArchMiller and co-inquirers Andrew Johnson ’20 and Jennifer Nolan ’19 examined the issue within the wildlife sciences reviewing randomly selected studies in two main journals. They reviewed 40 targeted studies from each journal, searching for the data and/or analysis code online and in supplemental materials. ArchMiller will discuss the study and results of the research, which highlights the need for increased awareness and transparency throughout the entire data analysis and publication process, and also that there needs to be a wider dialogue about open science and how it can be achieved.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
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