Concept information
Preferred term
phenomenon
Definition
- "Phenomena are general and stable features of nature, which scientists seek to explain [...]. We tend to identify phenomena as general patterns in data — structures that are observed across datasets — which, in psychology, are often called ’effects.’" (Maier et al., in press).
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- empirical effect
- empirical generalization
- general empirical observation
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Maier, M., Dongen, N. van, & Borsboom, D. (in press). Comparing theories with the Ising Model of Explanatory Coherence (IMEC). Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000543
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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effet empirique
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généralisation empirique
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observation empirique générale
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-W1GSDWF6-L
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