Quantify uncertainty in behavioral research

Edward E. Rigdon (), Marko Sarstedt and Jan-Michael Becker
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Edward E. Rigdon: Georgia State University
Marko Sarstedt: Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Jan-Michael Becker: University of Cologne

Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, vol. 4, issue 4, 329-331

Abstract: The behavioral sciences underestimate the uncertainty of research findings and thus overestimate replicability. Metrologists in the physical sciences quantify all material components of uncertainty, even if some components must be quantified using non-statistical means. Behavioral science should follow suit.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0806-0

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