Hey guys!
(im not sure if this is the right place to post questions about scientific method, pls redirect me if thats not the case)
I had a question about repeatability and reproducibility, which have replaced reliability from the old study design.
So from my understanding, repeatability is how close measurements are if repeated in the same conditions with the same method and same experimenters and same equipment, and reproducibility is how close measurements are if an experiment is repeated in different conditions, such as different location, experimenters or equipment.
So if we were asked to comment on the repeatability of an experiment, could we basically say that any experiment is repeatable, because if you do the exact same thing as you initially did under the same conditions, then you would get the same results?
What about reproducibility? If you only conducted an experiment once, could you say that the reproducibility cannot yet be determined, as the experiment was not repeated under different conditions?
Thanks!