Shall We Really Do It Again? The Powerful Concept of Replication Is Neglected in the Social Sciences

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-100

  Schmidt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

design; functional approach; philosophy of science; replication; sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949139424     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015108     Document Type: Article

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