Replication
An independent study, run by a different team, that produces a similar result to an earlier study, increasing confidence that the finding is real rather than a one-time artifact of a single study's design or sample. Replication carries the most weight when the original study was pre-registered, its design and analysis plan locked in before data collection, since that rules out the analysis being reshaped after the fact to fit the result.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
An independent study, run by a different team, that produces a similar result to an earlier study, increasing confidence that the finding is real rather than a one-time artifact of a single study's design or sample. Replication carries the most weight when the original study was pre-registered, its design and analysis plan locked in before data collection, since that rules out the analysis being reshaped after the fact to fit the result.
Independently reconstructing the conditions behind a headline claim, using a different sample, a different confirmed operating point, or a different data source than the original method, and stating explicitly what was changed, so as to reach a genuinely independent check rather than rerunning the original method unchanged.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- What the Evidence Really Says About AI and Learning · Bonus: AI for Educators, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- Independent Challenge: The Second Line Reads the Model · Evaluation and Trust, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.