Constructing knowledge. The role of graphs and tables in hard and soft psychology.
Constructing knowledge. The role of graphs and tables in hard and soft psychology.
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建构知识。
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
16.4
通讯作者：
Roxann Roberson
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作者：
Laurence D. Smith;Lisa A. Best;D. Alan Stubbs;Andrea Bastiani Archibald;Roxann Roberson
由于图形提供了一种紧凑的、功能强大的方式来表示研究结果，最近的科学理论已经假设它们的使用是科学的一个显着特征。研究表明，期刊文章中图表的使用与科学领域的难度高度相关，无论是跨学科还是跨心理学子领域。相反，心理学中表格和推理统计的使用与子领域硬度呈负相关，这表明硬度和图表使用之间的关系并不归因于子领域中定量数据使用的差异或他们对统计学的承诺。增强心理学家之间的“图形性”可以通过提供显著性测试的替代方法和促进跨子领域的交流来促进心理科学的进步。
Because graphs provide a compact, rhetorically powerful way of representing research findings, recent theories of science have postulated their use as a distinguishing feature of science. Studies have shown that the use of graphs in journal articles correlates highly with the hardness of scientific fields, both across disciplines and across sub-fields of psychology. In contrast, the use of tables and inferential statistics in psychology is inversely related to subfield hardness, suggesting that the relationship between hardness and graph use is not attributable to differences in the use of quantitative data in subfields or their commitment to empiricism. Enhanced "graphicacy" among psychologists could contribute to the progress of psychological science by providing alternatives to significance testing and by facilitating communication across subfields.