The Scientific Method
eBook - PDF

The Scientific Method

A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Scientific Method

A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge

About this book

The scientific method delivers prosperity, yet scientific practice has become subject to corrupting influences from within and without the scientific community. This essential reference is intended to help remedy those threats. The authors identify eight essential criteria for the practice of science and provide checklists to help avoid costly failures in scientific practice. Not only for scientists, this book is for all stakeholders of the broad enterprise of science. Science administrators, research funders, journal editors, and policymakers alike will find practical guidance on how they can encourage scientific research that produces useful discoveries. Journalists, commentators, and lawyers can turn to this text for help with assessing the validity and usefulness of scientific claims. The book provides practical guidance and makes important recommendations for reforms in science policy and science administration. The message of the book is complemented by Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith's foreword, and an afterword by Terence Kealey.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables and Checklists
  8. Foreword: by Vernon L. Smith
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Who is this book for?
  11. Authors' Oath for The Scientific Method
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 Defining the Scientific Method
  14. 3 Checklist for the Scientific Method
  15. 4 Assessing the Quality of Scientific Practice
  16. 5 Scientific Practice: Problem of Advocacy
  17. 6 Scientific Practice: Problem of Journal Reviews
  18. 7 Scientific Practice: Problem of Government Involvement
  19. 8 What It Takes To Be A Good Scientist
  20. 9 How Scientists Can Discover Useful Knowledge
  21. 10 How Scientists Can Disseminate Useful Findings
  22. 11 How Stakeholders Can Help Science
  23. 12 Rescuing Science from Advocacy
  24. Afterword
  25. References
  26. Index