Informative Hypotheses - Theory and Practice for Behavioral and Social Scientists - Bok av Herbert Hoijtink - Inbunden
When scientists formulate their theories, expectations, and hypotheses, they often use statements like: ``I expect mean A to be bigger than means B and C\; ``I expect that the relation between Y and both X1 and X2 is positive\; and ``I expect the relation between Y and X1 to be stronger than the relation between Y and X2\. Stated otherwise, they formulate their expectations in terms of inequality constraints among the parameters in which they are interested, that is, they formulate Informative..