STATISTICS Seminars Series: Carl Bonander

Topic Reproducibility and Data Irregularities

Abstract Over the past decade, there has been a growing focus on reproducibility and research transparency across the quantitative social sciences. Open data policies and replication requirements have made it easier to verify published findings and, in some cases, uncover problems in the underlying data and analyses. In this seminar, I will talk about how these developments have enabled reproducibility work in economics and related fields, and what such work can reveal. I will also present an ongoing academic misconduct investigation and give examples of how statistical and non-statistical methods can help identify data irregularities indicating manipulation and other issues.