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What does reproducibility mean?

Table 1What does reproducibility mean?

Component	Required question	Example failure
Question or estimand	What was the analysis trying to calculate or compare?	The chart has no target quantity
Inputs	Which data files, versions, filters, and access conditions were used?	A current table replaces the historical snapshot
Procedure	Which transformations, exclusions, and decisions occurred in what order?	A manual step is remembered but not recorded
Code	Which analysis script and parameters produced the output?	A notebook cell or formula is missing
Environment	Which runtime, libraries, configurations, and random state matter?	A package update changes the result
Output	What exact table, estimate, chart, or file should appear?	“Same result” has no tolerance or comparison rule

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What is reproducibility? Can another analyst reconstruct the result?

Reproducibility asks whether another analyst can rebuild a result from its inputs, code, environment, and procedure. It is not replication.

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@misc{isoglu-2026-what-is-reproducibility-fig01,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{What does reproducibility mean?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Table 1, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-is-reproducibility-fig01/},
  note = {From the essay {What is reproducibility? Can another analyst reconstruct the result?}}
}

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