On: The Probability and Statistics Cookbook

[justifier]

assuming 1000 reprints somehow implies there should be a discernible 'impact on research habits' seems like an example of what your referenced Figure 2(o) calls 'Estimating parameters from sample'

(o) http://rhowell.ba.ttu.edu/Meehl1.pdf

[nonbel → justifier]

You have it reversed.

"Estimating parameters from sample" (on the right) would be his observation that there was little discernible effect. Thinking that 1000 reprints of the paper would have a larger effect on practice would more correspond to "theory" (on the left), although that is a pretty vague one.

[justifier → nonbel]

but where does the 1000 figure come from? it reads arbitrary