Error, error-statistics and self-directed anticipative learning

Foundations of Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-271

  Farrell, R P ^a   Hooker, Cliff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Error in science; Scientific method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LEARNING; CONTEXT-SENSITIVE; ERROR IDENTIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; REANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC METHOD; SELF-DIRECTED; TEST EXAMPLES;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ERROR STATISTICS;

EID: 70350645093     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-008-9155-6     Document Type: Article

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