Psychology Literature Reliability: Reproducibility Challenges

Approximately two-thirds of findings in psychology literature may be unreliable. The Reproducibility Project, involving 270 co-authors, aimed to replicate experiments reported in 98 papers from three psychology journals. Results indicate that only 39% of replication attempts were successful based on qualitative assessments, with an even lower 36% success rate when considering statistically significant effects, pointing to potential issues of bias and publication incentives in psychological research.