Why Science Matters: Understanding the Methods of PsychologicalResearch rises above standard research methods texts bypresenting an up-to-date view of contemporary psychological scienceas it is currently understood and practiced.
* * Explores not only the procedural aspects of psychologicalresearch, but also delves into the issue of how to accomplisheffective science.
* * Explicates how hypotheses and theories are to beevaluated.
* * Suggests that the proper approach to devising and evaluatingtheories is by abduction, not by induction or deduction alone.
* * Incorporates new investigatory procedures, currentmethodologists, conflicts and issues, implications of thephilosophy of science, and a lively prose style.
* * Provides a picture of science that will engage students andexpand their abilities as both scientists and psychologists.