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010			_a2005014826
020			_a1405133570 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a1405130490 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9781405133579
020			_a9781405130493
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm60500286
082	0	0	_a150.72 _bPRO
100			_aProctor, Robert W.
245	1	0	_aWhy science matters : _bunderstanding the methods of psychological research / _cRobert W. Proctor and E.J. Capaldi.
260			_aMalden, MA : _bBlackwell Pub., _cc.2006.
300			_axii, 229 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aDistributer: Al-Ahram.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and indexes.
505	0		_aUnderstanding science : the armchair versus practice -- Major issues to emerge in 20th century approaches to science -- Methodology in the postpositivist era -- Theory testing -- Inference to the best explanation -- The new means of understanding science -- Postmodernism and the rejection of the conventional conception of science -- Qualitative research methods -- Critical evaluation of qualitative inquiry's approach to qualitative methods -- Internal and external validity.
511			_aCatalogued By: Mahitab.
650		0	_aPsychology _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aPsychology, Experimental _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aPsychology, Experimental _xmethods.
650		0	_aScience _xmethods.
650		0	_aResearch.
700	1		_aCapaldi, E. John.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005014826.html
856	4	1	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005014826-b.html
856	4	1	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005014826-d.html
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