noun · academic
reproducibility
/ˌriːprəˌdʌsəˈbɪlɪti/re·pro·du·ci·BI·li·ty
the ability of a study or experiment to be repeated by others and produce the same results
Examples
“A lack of reproducibility across labs has sparked debate about the robustness of the findings.”
“The journal requires authors to provide code to improve reproducibility.”
“High reproducibility increases confidence in scientific claims.”
Band 8 sentence
“Concerns about reproducibility have led journals to require data and code sharing as standard practice.”
Collocations
- lack of reproducibility
- improve reproducibility
- reproducibility crisis
Word family
Common mistakes
The results cannot be repeated, so they are false.→The results lack reproducibility, which raises concerns about their reliability.
We will reproduce the study next month.→We will attempt to reproduce the study next month.
Say it for a higher band
5repeatability→6replicability→7+reproducibility
Synonyms
replicability
Easily confused
replicability
“The replicability of the experiment was tested by an independent team.”
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