The scientific method : a guide to finding useful knowledge / J. Scott Armstrong, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Kesten C. Green, University of South Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Jon Scott, 1937- author.

Green, Kesten C., author.

Contributor:

Mahoney, Michael J., honoree.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Problem solving--Methodology.

Problem solving.

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Physical Description:

xix, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"I found this book to be a particularly engaging and useful treatment of scientific method and practice whereby the authors' target is to improve practice. There is a lot of subversion out there that they want to avoid with a content-positive approach. The book's themes for improving scientific practice are generated from earthy checklists, all concerned to improve compliance with the substantive content of science. It results in checklists for eleven user categories, from researchers to courts. The checklists all derive from key elements of the scientific method, summarized by eight criteria. I want to apply seven of these elements to my early work in experimental economics that will help me to see how this book can help you, which is its purpose"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Foreword by Vernon Smith. Afterword by Terence Kealey" -- from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-200) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Armstrong, J. Scott, 1937- Scientific method

ISBN:

9781316515167

1316515168

9781009096423

1009096427

OCLC:

1295618691

Publisher Number:

99993182262