- Title
- Prior beliefs and the interpretation of scientific results
- Creator
- Eidels, Ami
- Relation
- Royal Society Open Science Vol. 10, Issue 12, no. 231613
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231613
- Publisher
- The Royal Society Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- How do prior beliefs affect the interpretation of scientific results? I discuss a hypothetical scenario where researchers publish results that could either support a theory they believe in, or refute that theory, and ask if the two instances carry the same weight. More colloquially, I ask if we should overweigh scientific results supporting a given theory and reported by a researcher, or a team, that initially did not support that theory. I illustrate the challenge using two examples from psychology: evidence accumulation models, and extra sensory perception.
- Subject
- metascience; research methods; credibility; transparency; replication; real-time procedures
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1498242
- Identifier
- uon:54484
- Identifier
- ISSN:2054-5703
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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