Why a Confirmation Strategy Dominates Psychological Science.

Our research explored the incidence and appropriateness of the much-maligned confirmatory approach to testing scientific hypotheses. Psychological scientists completed a survey about their research goals and strategies. The most frequently reported goal is to test the non-absolute hypothesis that a...

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Main Authors: David M Sanbonmatsu, Steven S Posavac, Arwen A Behrends, Shannon M Moore, Bert N Uchino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4575142?pdf=render