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Scientific Thinking by Robert Martin (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBroadview Press
ISBN-101551111306
ISBN-139781551111308
eBay Product ID (ePID)1832284
Product Key Features
Number of Pages346 Pages
Publication NameScientific Thinking
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectGeneral, Logic
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science
AuthorRobert Martin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight21.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviewsan excellent introduction... renders a number of complex and difficult topics very accessible.... Martin has done an excellent job., Scientific Thinking is admirably clear and linear. It takes the student from the elementary position of undirected observation through problems in sampling to issues in explanation, causation and classification. The book's informal language helps to make it easy to understand such things as the need for and practical difficulties involved with random sampling.... Scientific and historical examples are presented in an especially illuminating way.
Table Of ContentChapter 0: Not Your Usual Introduction Part I: Induction, Proportions, Correlations Chapter 1: Galileo and Mrs. Smith Chapter 2: Induction, Deduction, Confirmation Chapter 3: Sampling Chapter 4: Samples Chapter 5: Imprecision and Confidence Level Chapter 6: Statistical Relations Chapter 7: Correlations Described Chapter 8: Correlations Calculated Part II: Explanations Chapter 9: Explanations Explained Chapter 10: Problems with D-N Model Chapter 11: Hypotheses and Explanations Chapter 12: Two Strategies for Hypothesizing Chapter 13: Disconfirming Hypotheses Chapter 14: Empiricism Revisited Chapter 15: Categories Chapter 16: Kinds and Laws Part III: Cause Chapter 17: Seeing Causes Chapter 18: Causal Relations Chapter 19: Causal Complications Chapter 20: Experimental Confirmation Chapter 21: Experimental Procedures Chapter 22: Non-Experimental Methods Chapter 23: The Truth Index
SynopsisScientific Thinkingis a practical guide to inductive reasoning--the sort of reasoning that is commonly used in scientific activity, whether such activity is performed by a scientist, a reporter, a political pollster, or any one of us in day-to-day life. The book provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as confirmation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, and experimental methods. Martin's writing confounds those who would think that such topics must be dry-as-dust, presenting ideas in a lively and engaging tone and incorporating amusing examples throughout. This book underlines the importance of acquiring good habits of scientific thinking, and helps to instill those habits in the reader. Stimulating questions and exercises are included in each chapter.
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