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Why science matters understanding the methods of psychological research /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Proctor, Robert W
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Capaldi, E. John
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Psychology > Research > Methodology
Psychology, Experimental > Research > Methodology
Psychology, Experimental > methods
Science > methods
Research
PSYCHOLOGY > Research & Methodology
Electronic books
Online Access: 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.
ISBN: 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.

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