Research Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Meta-research === {{main|Meta-research}} Meta-research is the study of research through the use of research methods. Also known as "research on research", it aims to reduce waste and increase the quality of research in all fields. Meta-research concerns itself with the detection of bias, methodological flaws, and other errors and inefficiencies. Among the finding of meta-research is a low rates of [[reproducibility]] across a large number of fields. This widespread difficulty in reproducing research has been termed the "[[replication crisis]]."<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ioannidis|first1=John P. A.|last2=Fanelli|first2=Daniele|last3=Dunne|first3=Debbie Drake|last4=Goodman|first4=Steven N.|date=2015-10-02|title=Meta-research: Evaluation and Improvement of Research Methods and Practices|journal=PLOS Biology|volume=13|issue=10|pages=β1002264|doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002264|pmid=26431313|issn=1545-7885|pmc=4592065 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page