Corrupt research : the case for reconceptualizing empirical management and social science

Author

• Hubbard, Raymond

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Los Angeles: Sage Publications Ltd, 2016

Language

English

ISBN

9781506305356

Series

Subject(s)

• ERRORS, SCIENTIFIC
• SCIENCE-METHODOLOGY
• MISSING OBSERVATIONS (STATISTICS)
• FRAUD

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 269-316. Index: p. 317-344

Abstract

Addressing the immensely important topic of research credibility, Raymond Hubbard’s groundbreaking Corrupt Research proposes that we must treat such information with a healthy dose of skepticism. This book argues that the dominant model of knowledge procurement subscribed to in these areas―the significant difference paradigm―is philosophically suspect, methodologically impaired, and statistically broken. Hubbard introduces a more accurate, alternative framework―the significant sameness paradigm―for developing scientific knowledge. The majority of the book comprises a head-to-head comparison of the "significant difference" versus "significant sameness" conceptions of science across philosophical, methodological, and statistical perspectives.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xvi, 344 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Philosophical orientation --
An empirical regularity not to be proud of : inadequate statistical power in the social and management sciences : significant difference --
Philosophical orientation : significant sameness --
The importance of replication research : significant sameness --
The use of student samples in the management and social sciences --
The importance of replication research : significant difference --
Conception of generalization/external validity --
Fisher's views on probability and random sampling --
Contrasts over statistical issues --
Whither the academy?

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