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ArticleNature human behaviour2025

Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market.

Felix Holzmeister, Magnus Johannesson, Colin F Camerer, Yiling Chen, Teck-Hua Ho, Suzanne Hoogeveen, Juergen Huber, Noriko Imai, Taisuke Imai, Lawrence Jin and 12 more

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Article in Nature human behaviour, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Investigating the effects of single-dose intranasal testosterone on economic preferences in a large randomized trial of men.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Felix HolzmeisterDepartment of Economics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9606-0427
Magnus JohannessonDepartment of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8759-6393
Colin F CamererDivision of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Yiling ChenJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Teck-Hua HoNanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-4977
Suzanne HoogeveenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1304-8615
Juergen HuberDepartment of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0073-0321
Noriko ImaiInstitute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0009-0004-7115-5509
Taisuke ImaiInstitute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0610-8093
Lawrence JinLee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3679-874X
Michael KirchlerDepartment of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5416-2545
Alexander LyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Benjamin MandlIndependent Researcher, Vienna, Austria.
Dylan ManfrediMarketing Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Gideon NaveMarketing Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6251-5630
Brian A NosekDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Thomas PfeifferInstitute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-0592-577X
Alexandra SarafoglouFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-685X
Rene SchwaigerDepartment of Banking and Finance, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Eric-Jan WagenmakersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-1034
Viking WaldénSveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna DreberDepartment of Economics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. anna.dreber@hhs.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3989-9941

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) SFB F63Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse (Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and Tore Browaldh Foundation) P21-0091Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse samt Tore Browaldhs Stiftelse (Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and Tore Browaldh Foundation) P23-0098Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) Wallenberg Scholar grantRiksbankens Jubileumsfond (Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) P21-0168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we test the feasibility of using decision markets to select studies for replication and provide evidence about the replicability of online experiments. Social scientists (n = 162) traded on the outcome of close replications of 41 systematically selected MTurk social science experiments published in PNAS 2015-2018, knowing that the 12 studies with the lowest and the 12 with the highest final market prices would be selected for replication, along with 2 randomly selected studies. The replication rate, based on the statistical significance indicator, was 83% for the top-12 and 33% for the bottom-12 group. Overall, 54% of the studies were successfully replicated, with replication effect size estimates averaging 45% of the original effect size estimates. The replication rate varied between 54% and 62% for alternative replication indicators. The observed replicability of MTurk experiments is comparable to that of previous systematic replication projects involving laboratory experiments.

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Decision MakingInternetResearch DesignSocial SciencesHumansReproducibility of Results

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PMID39562799
PMCPMC11860227

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