Pseudoreplication is a Pseudoproblem
Pseudoreplication is a Pseudoproblem
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DOI：
10.1037/a0013579
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发表时间：
2009-11-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Koehnle, Thomas J.
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文献类型：
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作者：
Schank, Jeffrey C.;Koehnle, Thomas J.
伪复制是当今生态学和动物行为学研究中最具影响力的方法论问题之一。从一开始，伪复制的概念就强调了对生态学实验设计和分析的重要关注。该学说旨在提供实验设计和分析的统一观点，其中可以使用精确的标准来评估手稿和研究建议的接受或拒绝。很少有方法论理论像伪复制那样产生如此大的影响，但对它的批判性分析却很少。在本文中，作者扩展了对伪复制概念日益增长的批评。作者认为，伪复制背后的核心思想是基于对统计独立性、科学中控制组的本质和统计推断背景的误解。作者还强调了其他研究领域如何通过使用更先进的统计方法在实验设计和分析中发现并应对类似问题。最终。对于接受或拒绝实验研究，没有统一的标准；所有的研究都必须根据其本身的优点来判断。
Pseudoreplication is one of the most influential methodological issues in ecological and animal behavior research today. At its inception, the idea of pseudoreplication highlighted important concerns about the design and analysis of experiments in ecology. The doctrine purported to provide a unified view of experimental design and analysis, wherein precise criteria Could be used to assess manuscripts and research proposals for acceptance or rejection. Few methodological doctrines have had its much impact as pseudoreplication, yet there has been very little critical analysis of it. In this paper, the authors extend the growing criticism of the concept of pseudoreplication. The authors argue that the core ideas behind pseudoreplication are based on a misunderstanding of statistical independence, the nature of control groups in science, and contexts of statistical inference. The authors also highlight how other areas of research have found and responded to similar issues in the design and analysis of experiments through the use of more advanced statistical methods. Ultimately. there are no universal criteria for accepting or rejecting experimental research; all research must be judged on its own merits.