Reproducibility is one of the main principles of the scientific method. The characterization element can require extended and extensive study, even centuries. ...

The results of an experiment performed by a particular researcher or group of researchers are generally evaluated by other independent researchers by attempting to reproduce the original experiment; they repeat the same experiment themselves, based on the original experimental description, and see if their experiment gives similar results to those reported by the original group. From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum attempt). ...

The result values are said to be commensurate if they are obtained (in distinct experimental trials) according to the same reproducible experimental description and procedure.

Experiments which cannot be reliably reproduced are generally not considered to provide useful scientific evidence. Results which prove to be highly reproducible are typically given more credence by scientists than those which are less reproducible, although this is based on an intuitive application of the principle of induction, rather than on the strict application of the principles of falsifiability. Induction or inductive reasoning, sometimes called inductive logic, is the process of reasoning in which the premises of an argument support the conclusion, but do not ensure it. ...