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Neil McK. Agnew and Sandra W. Pyke The Science Game: An Introduction to Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Seventh Edition |
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About the BookThe Science Game draws an analogy between science and a news service: scientific researchers/reporters collect, check and analyze messages in order to draw conclusions. Scientific theorists/editors help define target areas of investigation and provide context and interpretation for news stories; they show us how the news fits into the big picture and tell us what it means. This analogy helps students to identify sources of variance in a report, to understand that reporters/researchers may unwittingly slant the new that they report, and to reveal how the preferences of editors/theorists shape which questions are asked and which interpretations are given. This text aims to educate readers so that they become discriminating consumers of science. |
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