Understanding Psychology as a Science An Introduction to Scientific and Statistical Inference
by Dienes, ZoltanFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-04-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
An accessible and illuminating exploration of the conceptual basisof scientific and statistical inference and the practical impact this has on conducting psychological research. The book encourages a critical discussion of the different approaches and looks at some of the most important thinkers and their influence.
Author Biography
ZOLTAN DIENES is a Reader in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK. His publications include Implicit Learning: Theoretical and Empirical Issues (1993 with Dianne Berry) and various papers on implicit learning, computational modelling, and the nature of consciousness.
Table of Contents
| Karl Popper and demarcation | p. 1 |
| Kuhn and Lakatos: paradigms and programmes | p. 33 |
| Neyman, Pearson and hypothesis testing | p. 55 |
| Bayes and the probability of hypotheses | p. 82 |
| Fisher and the likelihood: the Royall road to evidence | p. 121 |
| References | p. 157 |
| Glossary | p. 162 |
| Index | p. 168 |
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