Why science matters understanding the methods of psychological research /
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470773994 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and indexes. |
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9780470773994 0470773995 9780470775431 0470775432 |
Index Number: | BF76 |
CLC: | B841 |
Contents: | 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. |