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  • Exercise Science
  • Research Methodology

Background:

  • The replicability crisis is a significant concern across academic disciplines, but remains under-examined in exercise science.
  • Low statistical power is a key contributor to poor replicability, potentially leading to misinterpretation of study results and undermining scientific evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore and assess the typical statistical power within exercise science research.
  • To quantify the extent of low statistical power in published exercise science studies.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review of 90 meta-analyses in exercise science published within the last five years.
  • Inclusion of 1191 individual studies from these meta-analyses.
  • Calculation of statistical power for each study using aggregated effect sizes from meta-analyses as a proxy for true effect sizes.

Main Results:

  • The median statistical power in the reviewed exercise science studies was found to be potentially as low as 30%.
  • This indicates a widespread issue of insufficient statistical power in the field.

Conclusions:

  • The findings suggest a substantial problem with low statistical power in exercise science research.
  • Further confirmatory studies are necessary to rigorously validate these exploratory results and address the replicability crisis.