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by nkurz 2983 days ago
while they are error prone a larger number of true results has been found than false results (according to recent research the ratio is 2:1 reproducible to non-reproducible)

It seems odd to talk about "results" as an average across all fields, rather than for a specific field. It's much more common for people to claim that psychology rather than physics has a reproducibility crisis, and thus I don't think it makes sense to talk about the combined reproducibility across both fields. What research are you referencing, and what fields did they look at? Given the differences across fields, if the average is 2:1 reproducible, I'd guess that some fields must be lower than 1:1.

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You're right, it definitely depends on the field. The paper I am referencing looked at psychology, I believe. It is likely that a social science would have greater issues with reproducibility than a physical science.