caa a22 4500 445329769 CHVBK 20180317142733.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10648-011-9157-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10648-011-9157-8 The Philosophical Foundations of Prescriptive Statements and Statistical Inference [Elektronische Daten] [Shuyan Sun, Wei Pan] From the perspectives of the philosophy of science and statistical inference, we discuss the challenges of making prescriptive statements in quantitative research articles. We first consider the prescriptive nature of educational research and argue that prescriptive statements are a necessity in educational research. The logic of deduction, abduction, and induction in philosophy of science are briefly reviewed, and the logic of prescriptive statement is specifically considered. The inductive nature of statistical inference is examined for both classical frequentist statistics and Bayesian statistics. To conclude our discussion, we recommend conducting replications and building "research programs” in educational research. We also make recommendations on what to write in the discussion section and what evidence is required to make an appropriate prescriptive statement. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Philosophy of science nationallicence Statistical inference nationallicence Prescriptive statement nationallicence Replication nationallicence Sun Shuyan School of Education, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210049, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Pan Wei School of Education, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210049, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut Educational Psychology Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/2(2011-06-01), 207-220 1040-726X 23:2<207 2011 23 10648 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-011-9157-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-011-9157-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sun Shuyan School of Education, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210049, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pan Wei School of Education, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210049, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Educational Psychology Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 23/2(2011-06-01), 207-220 1040-726X 23:2<207 2011 23 10648 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer