J Scott Armstrong, Kesten C Green

The Scientific Method

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"I found this book to be a particularly engaging and useful treatment of scientific method and practice whereby the authors' target is to improve practice. There is a lot of subversion out there that they want to avoid with a content-positive approach. The book's themes for improving scientific practice are generated from earthy checklists, all concerned to improve compliance with the substantive content of science. It results in checklists for eleven user categories, from researchers to courts. The checklists all derive from key elements of the scientific method, summarized by eight criteria. I want to apply seven of these elements to my early work in experimental economics that will help me to see how this book can help you, which is its purpose"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge-Hitachi
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781316515167
• ISBN-10: 1316515168
• Artikelnr.: 63199579

Autorenporträt

J. Scott Armstrong is Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Defining the scientific method
3. Checklist for the scientific method
4. Assessing the quality of scientific practice
5. Scientific practice: Problem of advocacy
6. Scientific practice: Problem of journal reviews
7. Scientific practice: Problem of government involvement
8. What is takes to be a good scientist
9. How scientists can discover useful knowledge
10. How scientists can disseminate useful findings
11. How stakeholders can help science
12. Rescuing science from advocacy
Afterword by Terence Kealey.