Methodological versus empirical literature: Two views on casual acceptance of the null hypothesis.

Stigmatized beliefs: Conspiracy theories, anticipated negative evaluation of the self, and fear of social exclusion

“…In his experiments labeling written contents (i.e., conspiracy claims, confirmed historical conspiracies, and information from a bogus news article) as “conspiracy theories” versus “ideas,” did not have an effect on their perceived veracity. Setting aside the usual methodological and statistical limitations associated with the acceptance of the null hypothesis (Harcum, ), these inconclusive results could be explained by the compartmentalized and abstract approach that does not consider the effect of the stigma in a meaningful social context. Another important element in Wood's studies is that it focused on the label effect, while granting a less prominent place to the content.…”

Sense‐making activities and interpersonal conflict, II: The effects of communicative intentions on internal dialogue

“…Harcum (1990) argues against accepting the null hypothesis when trends are present in the data and the probability level is relatively low. Although the probabilities associated with the slopes for the interaction terms in these results are not high (p < .11), the nature of interaction effects cannot be determined directly from regression analysis results.…”

The use of significance tests by psychologists, from normative, descriptive and prescriptive viewpoints

“…], so we combined the results of subjects…". Harcum [1990] donne d'autres exemples d'acceptation «! désinvolte!…”