Surrogates for theories

Journal/Book: Theor Psychol. 1998; 8: 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Sage Publications Inc. 195-204.

Abstract: I first discuss several strategies that serve as surrogates for theories in psychology: one-word explanation, redescription, drawing vague dichotomies, and data fitting. I then identify two conventions that allow these surrogates to flourish and multiply: null hypothesis testing, which makes precise hypotheses irrelevant, and the isolation of research in different disciplines, which prevents the exchange of positive metaphors between fields.

Note: Article Gigerenzer G, Max Planck Inst Human Dev & Educ, Lentzeallee 94, D-14195 Berlin, GERMANY

Keyword(s): explanation; null hypothesis testing; redescription; surrogates; theory construction; HEURISTICS; BIASES; JUDGMENT; SIMILARITY

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