Maxwell, Lau, and Howard proposed Bayesian statistics and meta-analysis as solutions to the statistical power problems associated with single-study replications in psychology.
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- Is psychology suffering from a replication crisis? What does ... (seed:psychology_and_neuroscience)
- https://forrt.org/curated_resources/is-psychology-suffering-from-a-replicati/ (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299651476_Replication_Is_About_Effect_Size_Comment_on_Maxwell_Lau_and_Howard_2015 (corroboration)