@article{ref1,
title="The lost art of discovery: the case for inductive methods in occupational health science and the broader organizational sciences",
journal="Occupational health science",
year="2017",
author="Spector, Paul E.",
volume="1",
number="1-2",
pages="11-27",
abstract="This paper makes a case for the necessity of inductive and abductive approaches to research in occupational health science and the broader organizational sciences. Three forms of scientific inference are described: induction (exploratory research that generalizes from observations), abduction (deriving explanations for observations), and deduction (confirmatory research that tests theory-derived hypotheses). It is argued that the current deductive exclusiveness in the major journals of many fields has created unintended challenges to research integrity of confirmation bias, p-hacking, HARKing, and the chrysalis effect. Recommendations are given for writing and reviewing research papers that adopt an inductive and/or abductive approach.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2367-0134",
doi="10.1007/s41542-017-0001-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41542-017-0001-5"
}