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Within‐trial Contrast: When Is a Failure to Replicate Not a Type I Error?

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Vasconcelos, Urcuioli, and Lionello-DeNolf (2007) report the results of five experiments that fail to replicate the results of our within-trial contrast study (Clement, Feltus, Kaiser, & Zentall, 2000) and suggest that our results may represent a Type I Error. We believe that this conclusion is not warranted because (a) there is considerable evidence in support of the effect and (b) the amount of training that they gave to their pigeons prior to test may not have been sufficient to observe the effect reliably. We suggest that when sufficient training is provided, reliable contrast can be found.

Source: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2007.04-07

Authors: Thomas R. Zentall, Rebecca A. Singer

Institution: University of Kentucky

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2152718852

FWCI: 1.332

Cites: 19

Cited by: 16

Related to: 10