In Defense of Fishing

Using an example from animal cognition, I argue that the problems of bias—inherent in choosing null hypotheses or setting Bayesian priors—can sometimes be avoided altogether by collecting more and better observational data before setting up tests of any sort.

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Autor principal: Richard W. Byrne
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:89d39bf363564df0a88d7af8af2a7eb62021-11-24T22:41:58ZIn Defense of Fishing2159-785510.2458/jmmss.3063https://doaj.org/article/89d39bf363564df0a88d7af8af2a7eb62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jmmss/article/id/3063/https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jmmss/article/3063/galley/3105/download/https://doaj.org/toc/2159-7855Using an example from animal cognition, I argue that the problems of bias—inherent in choosing null hypotheses or setting Bayesian priors—can sometimes be avoided altogether by collecting more and better observational data before setting up tests of any sort.Richard W. ByrneUniversity of Arizona LibrariesarticleSocial sciences (General)H1-99ENJournal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2021)
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In Defense of Fishing
description Using an example from animal cognition, I argue that the problems of bias—inherent in choosing null hypotheses or setting Bayesian priors—can sometimes be avoided altogether by collecting more and better observational data before setting up tests of any sort.
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