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Meta-science

research strategy of devising alternative hypotheses and crucial experiments that exclude some of them, applied repeatedly, credited for fast-moving fields.

In meta-science, strong inference refers to research strategy of devising alternative hypotheses and crucial experiments that exclude some of them, applied repeatedly, credited for fast-moving fields. This meaning comes from Platt (1964) in Science.[1]

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References

Platt, J. R. (1964). Strong Inference: Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others.. Science, 146(3642), 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.146.3642.347

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