Models Are Stupid, and We Need More of Them

By Paul E. Smaldino. 2017

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research

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• Cross-cultural, developmental psychology: integrating approaches and key insights (2020, background): “(And, as he succintly puts it, “Models are stupid and we need more of them” (Smaldino, 2017)).”
• Lack of Theory Building and Testing Impedes Progress in The Factor and Network Literature (2020, background): “…or computational models to escape vagaries of language is a critical step forward, and has been successful in many other disciplines (Epstein, 2008; Lakens & Debruine, 2020; Morton, 2009; Oberauer & Lewandowsky, 2019; Robinaugh, Haslbeck, et al., 2019; Smaldino, 2017, 2019; Szollosi et al., 2019).”