The Science Game
An Introduction to Research in the Social Sciences
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Product details:
- Edition number 7
- Publisher OUP Canada
- Date of Publication 8 March 2007
- ISBN 9780195423211
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages528 pages
- Size 228x153x25 mm
- Weight 685 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures 0
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Long description:
The Science Game draws an analogy between science and a news service: scientific researchers/reporters collect, check and analyse messages in order to draw conclusions. Scientific theorists/editors help define target areas of investigation and provide context and interpretation for news stories; they show us how the news fits in to the big picture and tell us what it means. This analogy helps students to identify sources of variance in a report, and to
reveal how the preferences of editors/theorists shape which questions are asked and which interpretations are given. This text aims to educate readers so that they become discriminating consumers of science.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Prologue
PART 1: Going Beyond Common Sense and Human Limitations
From common sense to science
Big puzzles, small brains
PART 2: From Pre-Sceince to Science
Mapping reality using the elastic, after-the-fact method
The before-and-after method
The control-group method
PART 3: From Local to General Truths
Validity - The Reach of Science
Developmental and longitudinal studies
PART 4: Accessing Subjective Thoughts and Feeling, and Behaviour That Won't Fit into Labs
Qualitative methods: Questionnaires, attitude scales and interviews
Qualitative methods: Naturalistic observation and archival research
PART 5: Walking on Numerical Stepping Stones?
The number game
Statistical foundations I: Packaging information
Statistical foundations II: Prediction
PART 6: Being Good and Clear
Ethics
Research and report writing
PART 7: Wide Angle Views of Sex and Science
Sex and science
The truth spinners
Appendix: N to 1 of study
Answers to Quiz Questions
References
Index
