Research foundations of human development and family science : science versus nonsense /: science versus nonsense. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathleen D. Dyer.
• Authors: Dyer, Kathleen, 1971-
• Contents: Part I: Human Development and Family Science 1. Isn’t it Just Common Sense? Professional Expertise in HDFS 2. My Hairdresser’s Cousin’s Kid: Evidence from Personal Experiences 3. Skeptically Interrogating the Universe: Science as a Verb 4. Stealing the Good Name of Science: How Pseudoscience Fakes It Part II: Systematic Empiricism Through Sampling and Measurement 5. It Depends on Whom You Ask: Study Subjects and Sampling Issues 6. What Do You Mean by That? Conceptualizing the Variables 7. Tell Me How it Is: Self-Report Measures 8. Just Act Natural: Observational Measures 9. More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Other Measurement Strategies Part III: Falsifiability Through Study Design 10. First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage: Orientations to Time 11. What is That All About? Qualitative Designs to Produce Insight 12. How Often Does That Happen? Prevalence Research Designs to Describe Variables 13. Where There is Smoke, Is There Fire? Correlational Research Designs to Identify Relationships 14. We Just Want to Know if it Works: Experimental Designs to Determine Causation Part IV: Public Verifiability for Evidence-Based Practice 15. On the Shoulders of Giants: Convergence and Consensus 16. Scientific Literacy for Professional Practice in HDFS
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 300.721; Social sciences -- Research; Science -- Methodology; Families -- Research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000528824; 9781000528756; 9781003179078
• Related ISBNs: 9781032015552; 9781032015576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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