Reproducibility and Replicability in Geography

Sep-28 : In this lesson, we will debate whether GIS is a reproducible and replicable science.

Readings

• NASEM. 2019. Reproducibility and Replicability in Science. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. DOI: 10.17226/25303
  • Chapter 3, Understanding reproducibility and replicability (pages 31-43 )
• Sui, D., and P. Kedron. 2021. Reproducibility and Replicability in the Context of the Contested Identities of Geography. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 111 (5):1275–1283. DOI:10.1080/24694452.2020.1806024.

Discussion

In preparation for/response to the debate, please prepare a reflection/position statement on the two questions in the form of a blog-style post on your GitHub site. Specifically, you might reflect on:

1. To what extent does open source GIS help solve the problems of the reproducibility crisis for geography? How?
2. Are there problems with reproducibility and replicability in geography that open source GIS cannot help solve?

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