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Ease Of Articulation: A Replication, Linda Shuster, Claire Cottrill
Ease Of Articulation: A Replication, Linda Shuster, Claire Cottrill
Linda Shuster
Researchers, as well as the lay public and the popular press, have become increasingly concerned about the lack of reproducibility of research findings. Despite this concern, research has shown that replications of previously published work comprise a very small proportion of published studies. Moreover, there are fewer published direct replications of research studies by independent investigators, and this type of replication is much less likely to confirm the results of the original research than are replications by the original investigator or conceptual replications. A search of the communication disorders research literature reveals that direct replications by independent investigators are virtually …