期刊论文详细信息
Frontiers in Psychology | |
To disconfirm or not to disconfirm: a null prediction vs. no prediction | |
David Trafimow1  | |
关键词: null hypothesis; no prediction; failed prediction; accounting for data; does not account for data; | |
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00733 | |
学科分类:心理学(综合) | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
As a researcher who reads journal articles, a journal reviewer, and a journal editor, I have lost track of the countless times I have encountered a particular type of scenario. An author obtains a statistically significant finding, points out that a particular theory fails to predict that finding, and argues that therefore the finding disconfirms the theory. But as I recently pointed out to a doubtless disappointed author in my rejection letter, this argument can be less strong than it appears at first blush. To see why, it is important to distinguish between two possibilities.
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