How hard is hard science, how soft is soft science? The empirical cumulativeness of research.
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How Hard Is Hard Science, How Soft Is Soft Science? The Empirical Cumulativeness of Research
" Research results in the social and behavioral sciences are often conceded to be less replicable than research results in the physical sciences. However, direct empirical comparisons of the cumulativeness of research in the social and physical sciences have not been made to date. This article notes the parallels between methods used in the quantitative synthesis of research in the social and i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Psychologist
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1935-990X,0003-066X
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066x.42.5.443