Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work

ISBN-13: 9781138295360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 148 str.

John Staddon

Opis

Scientific Method demonstrates, through concrete historical examples, the ways in which scientific method is practiced in a range of social science fields.

Spis treści

1. Basic Science 2. Experiment 3. Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing 4. Social Science: Psychology 5. Social Science: Economics 6. Behavioral Economics 7. ‘Efficient’ Markets 8. Summing Up

O autorze

John Staddon is James B. Duke Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, Emeritus at Duke University. He does research on adaptive behavior, economics, and the history and philosophy of science.