Cambridge Replication Workshop 2013: Syllabus, Handouts and Assignments

The Cambridge Replication Workshop 2013 was a pilot project funded by the Social Sciences Research Methods Centre. It introduced students to the process of reproducing published work. Through replication, students became familiar with methods and learned to think about steps the author has made. Most importantly, students developed an understanding of what challenges and complications authors of published work have faced, and how they found a solution that is accepted in the scientific community. The workshop was created following examples by Gary King at Harvard and Victoria Stodden at Columbia University. To promote replication in university education, the syllabus, handouts and assignments are provided here. the workshop webpage is: http://schreiberin.de/teaching/replication.html and I also regularly blogged about the challenges and feedback from the project here: http://politicalsciencereplication.wordpress.com.2013年剑桥可复现性讲习班是由社会科学研究方法中心（Social Sciences Research Methods Centre）资助的试点项目。该讲习班面向学生讲解复现已发表研究成果的完整流程。通过参与复现工作，学生能够熟练掌握相关研究方法，并深入理解论文作者的研究实施步骤。尤为关键的是，学生能够切实体悟已发表论文作者曾面临的各类挑战与复杂难题，同时掌握如何找到被科学界认可的解决方案。本讲习班的设立借鉴了哈佛大学加里·金（Gary King）与哥伦比亚大学维多利亚·斯托登（Victoria Stodden）的相关实践经验。为推动可复现性研究在大学教育中的普及，本页面公开了该讲习班的教学大纲、讲义与作业内容。讲习班的官方网页为：http://schreiberin.de/teaching/replication.html，此外笔者还定期在以下博客中分享该项目的相关挑战与反馈信息：http://politicalsciencereplication.wordpress.com。