Replicare increases the computational reproducibility of empirical research articles by guiding reproducers through a five-stage process. Reproducers take concrete steps to assess and improve reproducibility of research claims instead of simply designating entire research articles as reproducible or irreproducible.
Step 1: Select Paper
Select a candidate paper
Step 2: Declare Research Claims
Define the scope of the exercise by identifying the claims, display items, and specifications that will be focused on during the reproduction process
Step 3: Assessment
Review and describe in detail the available reproduction package and assess the current level of computational reproducibility of the selected display items
Step 4: Improvements
Making necessary modifications such as debugging code or acquiring required data files to increase reproducibility
Step 5: Robustness
Verify the validity of the results with alternative analysis parameters.
This process is built by extending ACRE(Accelerating Computational Reproducibility in the Social Sciences) and repliCATS (Collaborative Assessment for Trustworthy Science).
