In Defense of Practical Theory

In Defense of Practical Theory

Chamorro-Premuzic, Winsborough, Sherman, and Hogan (2016) end their focal article with a quote worth remembering from Immanuel Kant: “Theory without data is groundless, but data without theory is just uninterpretable.” We begin with a quote even better known to industrial–organizational (I-O) psycho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Industrial and organizational psychology 2016-09, Vol.9 (3), p.641-645
Hauptverfasser: Adler, Seymour, Boyce, Anthony S.
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Sprache:eng
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Behavior
Big Data
Boundary conditions
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Empiricism
Hypotheses
Machine learning
Personality
Procedural justice
Psychologists
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Theory
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Zusammenfassung:Chamorro-Premuzic, Winsborough, Sherman, and Hogan (2016) end their focal article with a quote worth remembering from Immanuel Kant: “Theory without data is groundless, but data without theory is just uninterpretable.” We begin with a quote even better known to industrial–organizational (I-O) psychologists in part because it has served for over 65 years as a foundational principle of our field: “There is nothing as practical as a good theory” (Lewin, 1951, p. 169).
ISSN:1754-9426
1754-9434
DOI:10.1017/iop.2016.64