Falacias estadísticas en investigación psicológica y cómo enseñar la sabiduría podría ayudar
Issue | Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (2023): Ciencia y Educación |
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Publicado | jun 21, 2023 |
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El propósito principal de este artículo es defender la posición de que algunas falacias alrededor de la aplicación de la estrategia frecuentista, representada por la tradición de la prueba estadística de hipótesis nula, han sido confundidas con las soluciones sustantivas en la investigación. Por otro lado, se intenta ilustrar cómo esta confusión incide en la crisis de la replicación (Costello & Watts, 2022) y, además, exponer cómo un investigador, dada sus propias limitaciones, debe enfrentar los retos que representan todas las estrategias estadísticas que están a su alcance. Se advierte sobre la alta probabilidad de que estas estrategias estén sujetas a la avaricia cognoscitiva que caracteriza a los seres humanos. Finalmente, la enseñanza de la sabiduría se ofrece como una alternativa para reducir dichos sesgos.
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