Why science matters :understanding the methods of psychological research
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Malden, MA
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Blackwell Pub.
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2006
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xii, 229 p. ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 195-209( and indexes
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Robert W. Proctor and E.J. Capaldi
CONTENTS NOTE
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Understanding science : the armchair versus practice -- Major issues to emerge in 02th 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