Investigating the psychological world : scientific method in the behavioral sciences

• Tác giả: Brian D Haig
• ISBN-10: 0262027364
• ISBN-10: 0262322374
• ISBN-10: 1306550432
• ISBN-13: 978-0262027366
• ISBN-13: 978-0262322379
• ISBN-13: 978-1306550437
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 150.721 Psychology
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (218 pages).
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 251907
• Chủ đề: 1. Psychology--Research

Tóm tắt

Brian Haig constructs a broad theory of scientific method, which speaks to the conduct of psychological research. This abductive theory of method (ATOM) portrays research as a bottom-up process comprising two broad phases: the detection of empirical phenomena, and the construction of explanatory theories in order to explain claims about the phenomena. ATOM functions as a broad framework theory within which a variety of more specific research methods can be located and employed. A coherent treatment of those methods is enhanced by placing them within the framework of ATOM.