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See the video at http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=448476978503521 Testing Paradigms and Assumptions Against Empirical Evidence Neither normative nor descriptive modeling, as currently constituted, can achieve scientific objectivity. Within the statistical paradigm of quantitative & qualitative research, assumptions, values, & beliefs are not rigorously corresponded to empirical systems. Conversions of meaning to numbers and numbers to meaning rely on social constructions, not empirical evidence. This creates subjectivity in computations. Only the linguistic rigor of basic math can re-establish computational legitimacy.
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Basic Social MathBasic Social MathBeyond Statistics — Testing Paradigms Against Empirical EvidenceBeyond Statistics — Testing Paradigms Against Empirical Evidence
© 2012 By Jared Lee HansonPresented on 26 June 2012 at the Beijing INFORMS International Meeting
Losing the Power of
Abstraction
Losing the Power of
Abstraction
Why don’t our calculations generalize across social contexts of operation?
Assumptive vs Theoretic Generalization (Meredith, 1998)
Why don’t our calculations generalize across social contexts of operation?
Assumptive vs Theoretic Generalization (Meredith, 1998)
• OR/MS Identity Crisis: Bipolar Disorder?• OR/MS Identity Crisis: Bipolar Disorder?
Quantitative vs QualitativeQuantitative vs Qualitative
• The role of the observer in calculating meaning
• Subjectivity from social constructions & cultural bias
• The role of the observer in calculating meaning
• Subjectivity from social constructions & cultural bias
Problem of LanguageProblem of Language
How do we re-establish objectivity in our computations?
How do we re-establish objectivity in our computations?
Problem of ParadigmsProblem of Paradigms
What questions do we ask to do epicycle
calculations?
What questions do we ask to do statistical
calculations?
What questions do we ask to do epicycle
calculations?
What questions do we ask to do statistical
calculations?
• Adding Epicycles & Model Complexity• Adding Epicycles & Model Complexity
Are We Asking Questions
That Lead to Innovation?
Are We Asking Questions
That Lead to Innovation?
• Do Planets Actually Move Through Space in This Way?
• Do Planets Actually Move Through Space in This Way?
• Ending the Rigor vs Relevance Debate
(Gulati, 2007)
• Ending the Rigor vs Relevance Debate
(Gulati, 2007)
Establishing Direct
Correspondence to
Empirical Evidence
Establishing Direct
Correspondence to
Empirical Evidence
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“Decision making is a fundamental particle of management” (Noonan, 2007)
“Lack of empirics in the modeling culture is an unaddressed issue”
(Hubbard & Samuelson, 2009)
Anchoring on Empirics
Anchoring on Empirics
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120609.html
Achieving New Perspectives of Observation
Achieving New Perspectives of Observation
• Testing Paradigms Against Empirical Evidence
• Anchoring to Empirical Processes in order to Frame and Navigate Complex Problems
• Testing Paradigms Against Empirical Evidence
• Anchoring to Empirical Processes in order to Frame and Navigate Complex Problems
Basic Social MathBasic Social Math
ReferencesReferences• Gulati, Ranjay. “Tent Poles, Tribalism, and Boundary Spanning:
The Rigor-Relevance Debate in Management Research.” Academy of Management Journal, v50 (4) 2007: 775-782.
• Hubbard, Douglas, and Douglas A. Samuelson. “Modeling Without Measurements.” ORMS Today, v36 (5) 2009: 26.
• Meredith, Jack. “Building Operations Management Theory Through Case and Field Research.” Journal of Operations Management, v16, 1998: 441-454.
• Noonan, Patrick S. "Designing, Selling a Hybrid Course." ORMS Today, v34 (4) 2007: 10.
• Gulati, Ranjay. “Tent Poles, Tribalism, and Boundary Spanning: The Rigor-Relevance Debate in Management Research.” Academy of Management Journal, v50 (4) 2007: 775-782.
• Hubbard, Douglas, and Douglas A. Samuelson. “Modeling Without Measurements.” ORMS Today, v36 (5) 2009: 26.
• Meredith, Jack. “Building Operations Management Theory Through Case and Field Research.” Journal of Operations Management, v16, 1998: 441-454.
• Noonan, Patrick S. "Designing, Selling a Hybrid Course." ORMS Today, v34 (4) 2007: 10.
