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Theory Testing in Psychology and Physics: A Methodological Paradox (1967)
- pella 11y agofull pdf: http://www.fisme.science.uu.nl/staff/christianb/downloads/meehl1967.pdf http://www.fisme.science.uu.nl/staff/christianb/downloads/me...
- pella 11y agoold HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7830767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7830767
- kwhitefoot 11y agoBrilliant! The question is: have things changed, have the soft sciences got better?
- nonbel 11y agoNot from my experience, it may even have gotten worse and spread. I wasn't alerted to these problems during any phase of training, and recently got a PhD in biomed. In fact I was encouraged to make these same mistakes. Maybe others can give a different perspective.