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The overarching framework and principles of metascience—the empirical study of science itself. Metascience theory posits that the scientific enterprise can be analyzed with its own tools: data, hypothesis testing, and statistics are used to diagnose problems like publication bias, p-hacking, low replicability, and inefficiency in funding. It treats science as a complex system whose health can be measured and optimized. The core theory is that science is not automatically self-correcting; it requires deliberate, evidence-based institutional reform to function reliably.
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