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Investigating the Psychological World : Scientific Method in the Behavioral Sciences /

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 the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haig, Brian D., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : MIT Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Method, methodology, and realism
  • Detecting psychological phenomena
  • Theory generation: exploratory factor analysis
  • Theory development: analogical modeling
  • Theory appraisal: inference to the best explanation.