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Within-Trial Contrast: When Is a Failure to Replicate Not a Type I Error?
- Source :
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Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior . May 2007 87(3):401-404. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Vasconcelos, Urcuioli, and Lionello-DeNolf (2007) report the results of five experiments that fail to replicate the results of our within-trial contrast study (Clement, Feltus, Kaiser, & Zentall, 2000) and suggest that our results may represent a Type I Error. We believe that this conclusion is not warranted because (a) there is considerable evidence in support of the effect and (b) the amount of training that they gave to their pigeons prior to test may not have been sufficient to observe the effect reliably. We suggest that when sufficient training is provided, reliable contrast can be found. (Contains 1 table.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-5002
- Volume :
- 87
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ990610
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Opinion Papers