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Theory Assessment Outcomes (Barseghyan-2015) (view source)
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{{Theory
|Title=Theory Assessment Outcomes
|Theory Type=Descriptive
|Formulation Text=The possible outcomes of theory assessment are ''accept'', ''not accept'', and ''inconclusive''.
|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]]* ''Accept'': this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must be accepted.* ''Not Accept'': this assessment outcome prescribes that the theory must not be accepted.* ''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 ("''can'' be accepted") is also conceivable.
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
}}