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ERIC Number: EJ885774
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-989X
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Regarding "p[subscript rep]": Comment Prompted by Iverson, Wagenmakers, and Lee (2010); Lecoutre, Lecoutre, and Poitevineau (2010); and Maraun and Gabriel (2010)
Serlin, Ronald C.
Psychological Methods, v15 n2 p203-208 Jun 2010
The sense that replicability is an important aspect of empirical science led Killeen (2005a) to define "p[subscript rep]," the probability that a replication will result in an outcome in the same direction as that found in a current experiment. Since then, several authors have praised and criticized 'p[subscript rep]," culminating in the 3 articles in the current issue of "Psychological Methods." In this article, Killeen's "p[subscript rep]" is reviewed, and the contributions of the current articles are summarized and discussed. An examination of the role of a measure of theoretical support such as "p[subscript rep]" in the acquisition of knowledge leads me to concur with Senn (2002) that "p[subscript rep]" is of little epistemological value.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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