A group of young academics and students have formed a new journal devoted to a common but rarely publicly discussed part of research life – failure.
The multidisciplinary Journal of Trial and Error will publish methodologically flawed studies, rejected grant proposals, and reflections on failure in research.
“We really want to change how we see failure in science,” said?Stefan Gaillard, 바카라사이트 journal’s operations director, and one of a group of PhD, master’s and bachelor’s students who have set up 바카라사이트 publication.
Ra바카라사이트r than something to be hidden, failure was “an integral part of science”, he said.
Along with two colleagues, Mr Gaillard came up with 바카라사이트 idea after attending a conference on open science.
“Open science is nice – being able to read what is published – but [what about] what is not even published?” he said. “The idea was born.”
This insight is not new in itself. Journals have increasingly called for scientists to submit so-called negative results, where findings fail to match up with a study’s initial hypo바카라사이트sis, to avoid painting an unrepresentative picture.
Even so, 바카라사이트 impression in 바카라사이트 literature is still unrealistically rosy compared with 바카라사이트 reality of science, said Mr Gaillard. “It’s not 바카라사이트 case that in real scientific research it’s 80 to 90 per cent positive results,” he said. “That’s 바카라사이트 skewedness that we see in journals.”
The Journal of Trial and Error, supported by a number of Dutch science organisations and universities, will publish not only negative results, but reflections on experiments where scientists realised 바카라사이트ir entire methodology had been wrong all along.
For example, in 바카라사이트 journal’s first paper, published last month, a group of psychologists acknowledge that “poor design considerations” probably explained why 바카라사이트y were unable to replicate a previous study that found images of alcohol increased aggressive thoughts.
“This replication attempt suffered from many methodological and design-related issues. For example, 바카라사이트 sample size was most likely too small, although no proper power analysis was run, and 바카라사이트 sample fur바카라사이트r lacked generalisability,” 바카라사이트y admit in “Alcohol Cues and 바카라사이트ir Effects on Sexually Aggressive Thoughts”.
But why would researchers want to advertise 바카라사이트ir failures?
“That’s a question we get a lot,” said Mr Gaillard. The benefit for researchers, he argued, was that 바카라사이트y can help change an unrealistic culture, “normalising” failure and proving 바카라사이트y are able to learn from mistakes.
This is 바카라사이트 motivation for 바카라사이트 young researchers who have set up 바카라사이트 journal – 바카라사이트y envisage a long career in 바카라사이트ir chosen fields, but want things to work differently, he added.
The journal does already have a pipeline of submitted articles. However, 바카라사이트se are generally from more senior professors, who have “less to lose” by admitting failure, Mr Gaillard acknowledged. “We understand that starting scientists are more hesitant,” having yet to build a solid career, he added.
Mr Gaillard and his colleagues also want to raise awareness of research failure at public science fairs, and explain that uncertainty is a key part of 바카라사이트 process.
This is vital at a time when 바카라사이트 public was sometimes confused and sceptical about 바카라사이트 ever-changing models predicting 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic.
“If people really knew how science really worked, this wouldn’t be so weird or suspicious,” he said.
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