蒙大因有一件事是肯定的:对整个实验的反思
1Department of Psychology, Florida State University.
Journal of psychopathology and clinical science
|March 27, 2025
概括
一篇观点文章强调,一个主要的精神病理学期刊上96%的研究缺乏实验操纵. 这篇评论表明,虽然观察是有用的,但人类本性的固有不确定性保证了超越仅仅实验确定性的更广泛的视角.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 科学方法科学方法学
背景情况:
- 最近的一篇观点文章分析了2023年发表在"精神病理学和临床科学杂志"上的经验研究.
- 值得注意的是,这些研究中的绝大多数 (96%) 使用非实验性设计,在77项研究中,只有3项包含实验性操纵.
研究的目的:
- 为了提供背景和对观察的细微视角,大多数在心理病理学上的经验研究是非实验性的.
- 讨论这种趋势在理解人类本性和行为的内在不确定性方面所带来的影响.
主要方法:
- 对一篇关于某一特定期刊实证研究趋势的观点文章的分析.
- 论述和评论实验与非实验研究设计的价值和局限性.
主要成果:
- 证实了在2023年"精神病学与临床科学杂志"上96%的实证文章不是实验性的观察.
- 作者认为,这一观察需要进一步的背景和修正.
结论:
- 虽然非实验研究的流行是一个值得注意的发现,但应该在更广泛的内在科学和人类不确定性的背景下看待它.
- 通过实验操纵寻求绝对确定性的呼吁,考虑到宇宙和人类心理学的复杂和不确定的性质,可能不那么重要.
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