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Textbook
Why Science Matters: Understanding the Methods of Psychological ResearchISBN: 978-1-4051-3049-3
Paperback
242 pages
January 2006, ©2006, Wiley-Blackwell
 Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- Explores not only the procedural aspects of psychological
research, but also delves into the issue of how to accomplish
effective science.
- Explicates how hypotheses and theories are to be
evaluated.
- Suggests that the proper approach to devising and evaluating
theories is by abduction, not by induction or deduction
alone.
- Incorporates new investigatory procedures, current
methodologists, conflicts and issues, implications of the
philosophy of science, and a lively prose style.
- Provides a picture of science that will engage students and expand their abilities as both scientists and psychologists.
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Psychological Methods, Research & Statistics
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