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Peer reviewedBamford, Greg – Science and Education, 1999
Philosophers' attempts to convincingly explicate the received view of an ad hoc hypothesis--that it accounts for only the observations it was designed to account for--have been unsuccessful. Familiar and firmer criteria for evaluating the hypotheses or modified theories so classified are characteristically available. Contains 41 references.…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Philosophy, Research Design, Science Experiments
