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Theory Assessment Outcomes (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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|Theory Type=Descriptive
|Formulation Text=The possible outcomes of theory assessment are ''accept'', ''not accept'', and ''inconclusive''.
|Formulation File=Theory Assessment Outcomes (Barseghyan-2015).png
|Topic=Theory Assessment Outcomes
|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Description=According to this ''ontology'' of theory assessment outcomes, when a theory is assessed by a method, one of the three following outcomes can obtain:[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 199]]
* [[Outcome Accept|''Accept'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must be accepted.* [[Outcome Not Accept|''Not Accept'']]: this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.* [[Outcome Inconclusive|''Inconclusive'']]: this outcome allows for the the theory to be accepted but doesn't dictate so.
While the first two assessment outcomes are ''conclusive'', the third outcome is ''inconclusive'', as it permits more than one possible course of action. Thus, in this view, a theory's assessment outcome is not necessarily ''conclusive''; an inconclusive outcome is also conceivable.
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
|Page Status=Needs Editing
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{{Acceptance Record
|Accepted From Day=1
|Accepted From Approximate=No
|Acceptance Indicators=The proposition became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]].|Still Accepted=YesNo|Accepted Until Era=CE|Accepted Until Year=2017|Accepted Until Month=November|Accepted Until Day=29
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
|Rejection Indicators=The taxonomy became rejected as a result of the acceptance of [[Theory Assessment Outcomes (Patton-Overgaard-Barseghyan-2017)|the new taxonomy]] by Patton, Overgaard, and Barseghyan. For details, refer to [[Modification:Sciento-2017-0004|the modification]].
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