The Epistemology of Mathematical and Statistical Modeling: A Quiet Methodological Revolution

American Psychologist

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

mathematical models; null hypothesis significance testing (NHST); Sir Ronald Fisher; statistical models; teaching methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 74049152809     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018326     Document Type: Article

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