Concept information
Preferred term
phenomenon
Definition
- "[G]eneral 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., 2024, p. 521).
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- empirical effect
- empirical generalization
- general empirical observation
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Maier, M., van Dongen, N., & Borsboom, D. (2024). Comparing theories with the Ising model of explanatory coherence. Psychological Methods, 29(3), 519–536. (2023-50323-001). https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000543
• Document 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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