Replication is both possible and desirable in the humanities, just as it is in the sciences — Impact of Social Sciences

Some scholars have claimed that replication – the independent repetition of an earlier study, answering the same study question, using the same or similar methods under the same or similar circumstances – is not possible in the humanities. The reasoning is that the humanities search for cultural meaning can yield multiple valid answers, and that…

via Replication is both possible and desirable in the humanities, just as it is in the sciences — Impact of Social Sciences