Replication Study

Replication studies involve running a study with the same methodology using different subjects and experimenters.

Researchers will apply the theory to solve new problems to establish the generalizability to various subject matter races, age groups, regions, cultures, or other factors.

The most critical factors in this study are:

• In order to ensure that results are valid and reliable
• To assess the significance of other variables
• Apply the results of the previous situations to new situations
• To stimulate new research based on the previous findings of related studies.

Imagine you are part of a team of healthcare professionals confronted with a dilemma about the usage and effectiveness of some “painkiller medicine” in patients before surgery. You look up the literature to find the exact issue and find an article dealing with “this” problem.

The question is, how can you ensure that the study findings can be applied and transferable to “your” clinical setting? This is why you decide to focus on preparing and implementing an investigation that is a replication. You will carry out repeated, deliberate and systematic repetitions of prior research techniques within your clinical setting and, therefore, will be able to strengthen the validity of prior research findings and to identify the limitations that are not correct so the overall findings could favorable to the findings of the previous study, or you could get entirely different outcomes.

What is the best way to determine whether a replica study could be conducted? The following guidelines or criteria are suggested to replicate a study:

It is possible to conduct a replication study and should be conducted in the event of a need.

• The research question that was initially posed is vital and may add to the wealth of knowledge that supports the discipline.
• The literature and guidelines have backed the topic for its significance.
• If completed, it can empirically support the initial study’s findings, whether by clarifying questions raised by the original study or by extending its ability to be generalized.
• The research team has extensive knowledge of the subject area and has access to sufficient data related to the research to create and implement a replica.
• Any modification or extension of the initial study could be based on current research in the same area.
• In the end, reproducing the same methodological rigor found in the initial study is also possible.

When working in field conditions, more excellent opportunities are open to researchers who are not interested in research conducted in lab settings.

In addition, laboratory researchers generally have only a few potential participants for their research studies. However, in applied settings like schools, classrooms, patients in hospitals, or other settings with significant participation rates, participants are typically easily accessible in field settings.

It is, therefore, feasible in field conditions to repeat or duplicate the same research at a larger size and multiple times too.

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