The scientific method : a guide to finding useful knowledge / J. Scott Armstrong, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Kesten C. Green, University of South Australia.

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Armstrong, Jon Scott

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge University Press , 2022Edition: 1 EditionDescription: xx, 220 pagesISBN:

9781316515167
9781009096423

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DDC classification:

658.4/03 23/eng/20220203 ARM-S

Other classification:

BUS069000

Summary: "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"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

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