Erratum: Falsifiability Is Not Optional [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 2, (2017) (254-261)] DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000106;Falsifiability is not optional

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 254-261

  LeBel, Etienne P ^a   Berger, Derek ^b   Campbell, Lorne ^c   Loving, Timothy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct replication; Falsification; Power; Replicability; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; VALIDITY; ANXIETY; RESEARCH;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 85024930467     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000117     Document Type: Erratum

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