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Quantify uncertainty in behavioral research

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  • Edward E. Rigdon

    (Georgia State University)

  • Marko Sarstedt

    (Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
    Monash University Malaysia)

  • Jan-Michael Becker

    (University of Cologne)

Abstract

The behavioral sciences underestimate the uncertainty of research findings and thus overestimate replicability. Metrologists in the physical sciences quantify all material components of uncertainty, even if some components must be quantified using non-statistical means. Behavioral science should follow suit.

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  • Edward E. Rigdon & Marko Sarstedt & Jan-Michael Becker, 2020. "Quantify uncertainty in behavioral research," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 4(4), pages 329-331, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:4:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1038_s41562-019-0806-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0806-0
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    1. Wolfgang Breuer & Jannis Bischof & Christian Hofmann & Jochen Hundsdoerfer & Hans-Ulrich Küpper & Marko Sarstedt & Philipp Schreck & Tim Weitzel & Peter Witt, 2023. "Recent developments in Business Economics," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 93(6), pages 989-1013, August.
    2. Rigdon, Edward E., 2023. "How improper dichotomization and the misrepresentation of uncertainty undermine social science research," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    3. Marko Sarstedt & Christian M. Ringle, 2020. "Structural Equation Models: From Paths to Networks (Westland 2019)," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 85(3), pages 841-844, September.
    4. Francisco Sánchez-Cubo & José Mondéjar-Jiménez & Alejandro García-Pozo & Guillermo Ceballos-Santamaría, 2021. "A Study of the Wages in the Spanish Energy Sector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-10, July.
    5. Sarstedt, Marko & Adler, Susanne J., 2023. "An advanced method to streamline p-hacking," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    6. Samuel Ogbeibu & James Gaskin, 2023. "Back from the Future: Mediation and Prediction of Events Uncertainty through Event-Driven Models (EDMs)," FIIB Business Review, , vol. 12(1), pages 10-19, March.
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    8. Marko Sarstedt & Ovidiu-Ioan Moisescu, 2024. "Quantifying uncertainty in PLS-SEM-based mediation analyses," Journal of Marketing Analytics, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 87-96, March.
    9. Henseler, Jörg & Schuberth, Florian, 2020. "Using confirmatory composite analysis to assess emergent variables in business research," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 147-156.
    10. Hair, Joseph F. & Astrachan, Claudia Binz & Moisescu, Ovidiu I. & Radomir, Lăcrămioara & Sarstedt, Marko & Vaithilingam, Santha & Ringle, Christian M., 2021. "Executing and interpreting applications of PLS-SEM: Updates for family business researchers," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 12(3).

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