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Practical Complications of Hypothesis Disconfirmation
In actual scientific practice, researchers do not immediately abandon a theory when a hypothesis is disconfirmed. A single disconfirmation could be the result of a Type II error, a flawed research design where variables were not properly manipulated or measured, or an indication that a relatively minor, unstated assumption of the theory was not met.
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Practical Complications of Hypothesis Disconfirmation
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