Why science matters : understanding the methods of psychological research /
Proctor, Robert W.
Why science matters : understanding the methods of psychological research / Robert W. Proctor and E.J. Capaldi. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - xii, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and indexes.
Understanding science : the armchair versus practice -- Major issues to emerge in 20th century approaches to science -- Methodology in the postpositivist era -- Theory testing -- Inference to the best explanation -- The new means of understanding science -- Postmodernism and the rejection of the conventional conception of science -- Qualitative research methods -- Critical evaluation of qualitative inquiry's approach to qualitative methods -- Internal and external validity.
1405133570 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405130490 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405133579 9781405130493
2005014826
GBA559147 bnb
013250966 Uk
Psychology--Research--Methodology.
Psychology, Experimental--Research--Methodology.
Psychology, Experimental--methods.
Science--methods.
Research.
BF76.5 / .P68 2006
150/.72
Why science matters : understanding the methods of psychological research / Robert W. Proctor and E.J. Capaldi. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - xii, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and indexes.
Understanding science : the armchair versus practice -- Major issues to emerge in 20th century approaches to science -- Methodology in the postpositivist era -- Theory testing -- Inference to the best explanation -- The new means of understanding science -- Postmodernism and the rejection of the conventional conception of science -- Qualitative research methods -- Critical evaluation of qualitative inquiry's approach to qualitative methods -- Internal and external validity.
1405133570 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405130490 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405133579 9781405130493
2005014826
GBA559147 bnb
013250966 Uk
Psychology--Research--Methodology.
Psychology, Experimental--Research--Methodology.
Psychology, Experimental--methods.
Science--methods.
Research.
BF76.5 / .P68 2006
150/.72