Method Hierarchy (Mercuri-Barseghyan-2019)
This is a definition of Method Hierarchy that states "A set of methods is said to constitute a hierarchy iff theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are higher in the hierarchy are preferred to theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are lower in the hierarchy."
This definition of Method Hierarchy was formulated by Hakob Barseghyan and Mathew Mercuri in 2019.1
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Modification | Community | Date Suggested | Summary | Verdict | Verdict Rationale | Date Assessed |
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Sciento-2019-0013 | Scientonomy | 24 December 2019 | Accept the existence of method hierarchies and the new definition of method hierarchy as a set of methods where theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are higher in the hierarchy are preferred to theories that satisfy the requirements of methods that are lower in the hierarchy. Also accept the question of conceptualizing method hierarchies. | Open |
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Method Hierarchy (Mercuri-Barseghyan-2019) is an attempt to answer the following question: What is method hierarchy? How should it be defined?
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- ^ Mercuri, Mathew and Barseghyan, Hakob. (2019) Method Hierarchies in Clinical Epidemiology. Scientonomy 3, 45-61. Retrieved from https://scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/33559.