Why do funding agencies favor hypothesis testing?

Autor:	Chris Haufe
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	History History and Philosophy of Science business.industry Grant Review Process Sociology Public relations business Social psychology Statistical hypothesis testing Variety (cybernetics)
Zdroj:	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 44:363-374
ISSN:	0039-3681
DOI:	10.1016/j.shpsa.2013.05.002
Popis:	Exploratory inquiry has difficulty attracting research funding because funding agencies have little sense of how to detect good science in exploratory contexts. After documenting and explaining the focus on hypothesis testing among a variety of institutions responsible for distinguishing between good and bad science, I analyze the NIH grant review process. I argue that a good explanation for the focus on hypothesis testing—at least at the level of science funding agencies—is the fact that hypothesis-driven research is relatively easy to appraise. I then explore one method by which we might gauge the epistemic merits of different styles of inquiry.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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