RT @RubinPsyc: “Statistical hypotheses play a subservient role to substantive hypotheses and theories, which are the major focus of scienti…
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“Statistical hypotheses play a subservient role to substantive hypotheses and theories, which are the major focus of scientific attention” (Haig, 2018, p. 199, https://t.co/qSB9emdBjh). https://t.co/35hOiDcaLX
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Also, the “best” in IBE is not only context-specific (i.e., tied to some particular set of results), but also time-specific (i.e., the “best” given our current background knowledge), making the “inference” in IBE "provisional." Here’s Haig (2018, p. 146):
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@BrianHaig Thanks Brian. I'm really glad you like that paper. Yes, I don’t get into the sort of abductive reasoning that you cover in your book: https://t.co/vIah8J5pVx But I agree that HARKing can also be used to generate new theory via abduction.