Psychology of the Scientist: XVIII. The Factualizing Game: A Sickness of Psychological Research
- 1 October 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 19 (2), 563-570
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.19.2.563
Abstract
Factualizing is representing value judgments as descriptive facts. It is criticized as a pervasive and serious flaw in psychological (and other social science) research. A number of instances are cited.Keywords
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