Reframing the reproducibility crisis: using an error-statistical account to inform the interpretation of replication results in psychological research

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dc.contributor.authorParker, Caitlin Graceen
dc.contributor.committeechairMayo, Deborah G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJantzen, Benjamin C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPatton, Lydia K.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-18T08:02:16Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-18T08:02:16Zen
dc.date.issued2015-06-17en
dc.description.abstractExperimental psychology is said to be having a reproducibility crisis, marked by a low rate of successful replication. Researchers attempting to respond to the problem lack a framework for consistently interpreting the results of statistical tests, as well as standards for judging the outcomes of replication studies. In this paper I introduce an error-statistical framework for addressing these issues. I demonstrate how the severity requirement (and the associated severity construal of test results) can be used to avoid fallacious inferences that are complicit in the perpetuation of unreliable results. Researchers, I argue, must probe for error beyond the statistical level if they want to support substantive hypotheses. I then suggest how severity reasoning can be used to address standing questions about the interpretation of replication results.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:5587en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52963en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectstatisticsen
dc.subjectreplicabilityen
dc.subjectreproducibilityen
dc.subjectpsychologyen
dc.subjectscientific inferenceen
dc.titleReframing the reproducibility crisis: using an error-statistical account to inform the interpretation of replication results in psychological researchen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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