Scientific apophenia in strategic management research: Significance tests & mistaken inference

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 167-176

  Goldfarb, Brent ^a   King, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory research; empirical analysis; false positives; specification searches; statistical inference

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84955587426     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2459     Document Type: Article

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