Why science matters : understanding the methods of psychological research / Robert W. Proctor and E.J. Capaldi.
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TextPublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006Description: 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470775431; 0470775432Subject(s): Psychology -- Research -- Methodology | Psychology, Experimental -- Research -- Methodology | Psychology, Experimental -- methods | Science -- methods | Research | PSYCHOLOGY -- Research & Methodology | Psychology, Experimental -- Research -- Methodology | Psychology -- Research -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why science matters.DDC classification: 150/.72 LOC classification: BF76.5 | .P68 2006ebOnline resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
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