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"I found this book to be a particularly engaging and useful treatment of scientific method and practice whereby the authors' target is to improve practice. There is a lot of subversion out there that they want to avoid with a content-positive approach. The book's themes for improving scientific practice are generated from earthy checklists, all concerned to improve compliance with the substantive content of science. It results in checklists for eleven user categories, from researchers to courts. The checklists all derive from key elements of the scientific method, summarized by eight criteria. I want to apply seven of these elements to my early work in experimental economics that will help me to see how this book can help you, which is its purpose"--
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. Defining the scientific method; 3. Checklist for the scientific method; 4. Assessing the quality of scientific practice; 5. Scientific practice: Problem of advocacy; 6. Scientific practice: Problem of journal reviews; 7. Scientific practice: Problem of government involvement; 8. What is takes to be a good scientist; 9. How scientists can discover useful knowledge; 10. How scientists can disseminate useful findings; 11. How stakeholders can help science; 12. Rescuing science from advocacy; Afterword by Terence Kealey.
About the author
J. Scott Armstrong is Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.Kesten C. Green researches and teaches at the University of South Australia.
Summary
A guide to following the scientific method for scientists, research funders, and policymakers that makes important recommendations for reforms in science policy and science administration. Lawyers, journalists, investors, and other stakeholders can use the guidance to assess the validity and usefulness of science claims.
Foreword
A guide to identifying and practicing useful scientific research for researchers, administrators, policy makers, lawyers, and journalists.
