Why science matters : understanding the methods of psychological research /
Proctor, Robert W.
Capaldi, E. John.
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub.,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Psychology
Psychology, Experimental