This book illustrates the method of multiple hypotheses with detailed examples and describes the limitations facing all methods (including the method of multiple hypotheses) as the means for constructing knowledge about nature.

Charles S. Reichardt is Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver and a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He is a recipient of the President's Prize from the Evaluation Research Society and the Tanaka Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. He is the author of Quasi-Experimentation: A Guide to Design and Analysis.

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Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Hypothetico-Deductive Method

Chapter 3: The Method of Multiple Hypotheses

Chapter 4: Examples of the Multiple Hypotheses Method

Chapter 5: Advantages of the Multiple Hypotheses Method

Chapter 6: The Problem of Confirmation

Chapter 7: The Problem of Disconfirmation

Chapter 8: Abandoning Proof for Plausibility

Chapter 9: Justifying the Multiple Hypotheses Method

Chapter 10: Conclusions

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