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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

Research, Intuition, and Politics in Accounting Inquiry.

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DGDale L. Gerboth

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This article examines the balance of research and intuition in accounting inquiry, highlighting their complementary roles in decision making.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how accounting inquiry can effectively integrate research and intuition to serve human purposes.
  • Analyzed the range of techniques used in accounting research including statistics and behavioral science.
  • Evaluated how these techniques can transform implicit concepts into explicit forms.
  • Discussed the circumstances under which concepts are valid and can be rigorously tested.
  • Found that techniques from various disciplines support rigorous and logical analysis in accounting.
  • Demonstrated that intuition and research in accounting are complementary, not competing.
  • Highlighted the importance of providing decision makers with systematically analyzed information.

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Dale L. Gerboth (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba428e4e9516ffd37a2dc0https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4494504
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