Exploring inductive risk: case studies of values in science

This work brings together 11 case studies of inductive risk - the chance that scientific inference is incorrect - that range over a wide variety of scientific contexts and fields. The chapters are designed to illustrate the pervasiveness of inductive risk, assist scientists and policymakers in respo...

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Weitere Verfasser: Elliott, Kevin C. (HerausgeberIn), Richards, Ted (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:This work brings together 11 case studies of inductive risk - the chance that scientific inference is incorrect - that range over a wide variety of scientific contexts and fields. The chapters are designed to illustrate the pervasiveness of inductive risk, assist scientists and policymakers in responding to it, and productively move theoretical discussions of the topic forward
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2017
ISBN:9780190467753
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467715.001.0001