The Philosophy Of Quantitative Methods: Understanding Statistics

This book undertakes a philosophical examination of a number of important quantitative research methods in the behavioral sciences, in order to overcome the shallow and uncritical understanding that is typically provided by textbooks. The methods are: exploratory data analysis, statistical significance testing, Bayesian confirmation theory and statistics, meta-analysis, and exploratory factor analysis. Further readings are provided to extend the readers' understanding--

• | Author: Brian D. Haig
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 169 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Psychology
• | ISBN-10: 0190222050
• | ISBN-13: 9780190222055