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New data: Old pitfalls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Alan Baddeley*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of York, YorkYO10 5DD, United Kingdom

Abstract:

Ruchkin et al.'s theoretical conclusions reflect two venerable fallacies. They confound an experimental paradigm with a theoretical concept, and they assume that features of the paradigm that are most readily detected by their methods provide an adequate account of the operation of the theoretical system. This results in a simplistic theory that does not do justice to the richness of the available data.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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