Sentences with phrase «repeated by independent researchers»

No laboratory tests or convincing field studies seem to have been carried out once, let alone repeated by independent researchers.

Not exact matches

Repeatable in science refers to the ability to test the same hypothesis, using the same methods (typically by independent researchers), to confirm or reject said hypothesis, e.g. the repeated observation by many, many different researchers of fossils in the correct temporal and morphological relationships within the fossil record (no rabbits in the pre-Cambrian, no humans alongside dinosaurs, etc).

According to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary overseer of research within the Department of Education, «scientifically based research» fits the following criteria: It randomly assigns its test subjects to comparable groups; it yields reliable, measurable data; if the study makes any claims about what causes its effects, it «substantially eliminates plausible competing explanations»; its methods are clear enough that other researchers can repeat or extend them; and, finally, the study has been accepted by a peer - reviewed journal or equivalent panel of «independent experts.»

In a review of literature relevant to repeated attachment secure priming, researchers expressed reservations regarding the effects of attachment secure priming being independent of dispositional attachment insecurities (Gillath et al., 2008); this suggestion is based on a research (Mikulincer et al., 2002) which reported a clear interaction between the subliminal activation of the attachment system (by presenting the word «abandonment») and chronic attachment orientations.