关于统计学和相关领域的"确认性"方法研究
F J D Lange1,2, Juliane C Wilcke1, Sabine Hoffmann3
1Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Statistics in medicine
|November 10, 2025
概括
实证方法论研究对于科学进步至关重要,通常是探索性的 (产生假设) 或确认性的 (测试假设). 大多数发表的研究都是探索性的,即便它们被认为是确认性的.
科学领域:
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 方法论研究研究方法论研究
背景情况:
- 经验研究被分为探索性或确认性.
- 在经验方法论研究中,探索性-确认性区别被低估了.
- 本研究解决了在方法研究中理解这种区别的差距.
研究的目的:
- 使用探索-确认镜头重新审视经验方法论研究.
- 检查生物统计学当前的做法,关于这一区别.
- 为设计,解释和报告方法论研究提供建议.
主要方法:
- 对115篇生物统计学文章的文献调查.
- 通过探索-确认框架分析研究实践.
- 根据发现,制定实际建议.
主要成果:
- 大多数发表的方法论研究基本上是探索性的,尽管有潜在的确认框架.
- 探索和确认模式对于方法进步至关重要.
- 纯粹的探索和在方法研究中严格的确认之间存在一个连续性.
结论:
- 建议对研究模式 (探索/确认频谱) 进行透明报告.
- 强调预先定义的研究方案的重要性,特别是在确认性研究中.
- 适当的设计,解释和报告增强了经验方法论研究的严谨性.
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