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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