The Curve-Fitting Problem: An Objectivist View

By S. Mulaik. Philosophia Scientiæ, 2001

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Exploring the impact of ethical leadership on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in public sector organizations: the mediating role of psychological empowerment (2019, background): “If these theories or studies provide insufficient evidence for partial or full mediation then it is recommended to choose a parsimonious model to test full mediation as it can be rejected easily in sciences (Mulaik 2001).”
Longitudinal Analysis of the Role of Perceived Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning in Academic Continuance and Achievement. (2008, background): “Mulaik (1987, 1993, 2001) advanced a probabilistic conception of causality that is applicable both to experimental and naturalistic studies.”
A Tale of Two Methods (2006, unknown): “…of science because the complete mediation model is the most parsimonious mediation model, and parsimonious models are taken as the theoretical baselines in science because they are the easiest to reject (they have more degrees of freedom and thus are subject to more tests; see Mulaik, 2002).”