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Informationen zum Autor Brian Haig is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury, and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. He is a theoretical psychologist who has published numerous articles in psychology, education, and philosophy journals on the conceptual foundations of quantitative and qualitative research methods, and the nature of psychological science more generally. He recently published a book entitled Investigating the Psychological World (MIT Press, 2014). He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the New Zealand Psychological Society. Colin Evers is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of New South Wales, having previously worked at The University of Hong Kong, Monash University, and the University of Sydney. He studied mathematics, philosophy, and education before taking his PhD in philosophy of education at the University of Sydney. His teaching and research interests are in educational administration, philosophy of education, and research methodology. He has co-edited and co-authored ten books in his various fields of interest including Knowing Educational Administration , Exploring Educational Administration and Doing Educational Administration (all written with Gabriele Lakomski and published by Pergamon/Elsevier) and many papers. Klappentext With a strong focus on the theoretical, this book covers both the fundamentals and important applications of realist research and clearly illustrates why scientific realism is of such relevance to the social sciences Zusammenfassung With a strong focus on the theoretical, this book covers both the fundamentals and important applications of realist research and clearly illustrates why scientific realism is of such relevance to the social sciences Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Scientific Realism What is Realism? Naturalistic Realism Global and Local Realism Realist Methodology The Centrality of Method Realism in the Social Sciences Chapter 2: Evidence Social Science Preliminaries Empirical Evidence and Theory Coherentism and Naturalism Varieties of Evidence: Pragmatic Considerations Chapter 3: Validity Test Validity, Operational Definition, and Logical Empiricism Holism, Realism, and Ontological Commitment Construct Validity and Logical Empiricism Construct Validity, Generalization in Experiments, and Epistemology Paradigms of Validity Coherence Justification Chapter 4: Grounded Theory The Abductive Theory of Method Problem Formulation Phenomena Detection Theory Construction ATOM as Grounded Theory Method Chapter 5: Factor Analysis Exploratory Factor Analysis and Scientific Inference Methodological Challenges to Exploratory Factor Analysis Exploratory Factor Analysis and Other Factor Analytic Methods Chapter 6: Case Study Constitutive and Regulative Rules What is A Case? Generalizing From Cases A Case Study in China Making Generalizations Improving Knowledge of Generalizations ...
List of contents
Chapter 1: Scientific Realism
What is Realism?
Naturalistic Realism
Global and Local Realism
Realist Methodology
The Centrality of Method
Realism in the Social Sciences
Chapter 2: Evidence
Social Science Preliminaries
Empirical Evidence and Theory
Coherentism and Naturalism
Varieties of Evidence: Pragmatic Considerations
Chapter 3: Validity
Test Validity, Operational Definition, and Logical Empiricism
Holism, Realism, and Ontological Commitment
Construct Validity and Logical Empiricism
Construct Validity, Generalization in Experiments, and Epistemology
Paradigms of Validity
Coherence Justification
Chapter 4: Grounded Theory
The Abductive Theory of Method
Problem Formulation
Phenomena Detection
Theory Construction
ATOM as Grounded Theory Method
Chapter 5: Factor Analysis
Exploratory Factor Analysis and Scientific Inference
Methodological Challenges to Exploratory Factor Analysis
Exploratory Factor Analysis and Other Factor Analytic Methods
Chapter 6: Case Study
Constitutive and Regulative Rules
What is A Case?
Generalizing From Cases
A Case Study in China
Making Generalizations
Improving Knowledge of Generalizations
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The current replication crisis in psychology makes professors Haig and Evers book as timely as it is erudite. Using philosophical realism as their organizing principle, they take the reader on a creative and insightful tour through validity, Grounded Theory, factor analysis and case studies in an effort to improve and advance psychological research.
James W. Grice 20151012
