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Principles of Scientific Research

Table of Contents

Table Of Contents




Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Abductive reasoning




Ancova




Anova




Baci




Brown, Robert




Burbidge, E. Margaret




Cavendish, Henry




Case Study Research




Causal Networks




Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test




Chi-Square Test of Independence




Cluster Sampling




Comparative Research




Completely Randomized Designs




Copernicus, Nicolaus




Correlation Modeling




Correlational Research




Correlations and Causations




Crossover Repeated Measures Design




Cross-Sectional Sampling




Curie, Marie




Darwin, Charles




Deductive Reasoning




Descriptive Research




Descriptive Statistics




Distributions




Einstein, Albert




Experimental Research




Explanatory Research




Exploratory Research




External Validity




Faraday, Michael




Feynman, Richard




Field Experiment




Fractional Factorial Designs




Full Factorial Design




Geller, Margaret




Hawking, Stephen




Higgs, Peter




Histograms




Holistic Study (Ethnography)




Hooke, Robert




Hypothesis Testing




Hypothesis-Based Study




Independent Rariable Manipulation




Inductive Reasoning




Internal Validity (Causality)




Interpretive Methods




Kepler, Johannes




Kruskal-Wallis Test




Laboratory Experiment




Latin Square Designs




Leakey, Mary




Linear and Nonlinear Relationships




Longitudinal Sampling




Mach, Ernst




Mann-Whitney U Test




Meitner, Lise




Mendel, Gregor




Mill’s Methods of Causal Reasoning




Multiple Case Study




Multistage Sampling




Nested Analysis of Variance




Nested Designs




Nonequivalent Dependent Variables Design




Non-probabilistic Sampling




Nonresponse Error




Objectivity




One-Tailed and Two-Tailed t-Tests




Oppenheimer, J. Robert




Peirce, Charles Sanders




Plackett-Burman Design




Positivist Methods




Posttest-Only Design




Pretest-Posttest Experimental Research Design




Probabilistic Sampling




Proofs




Prospective Cohort Design




Quadrat Sampling




Qualitative Research




Quantitative Research




Random Sampling Error




Randomization




Randomized Complete Block Designs




Regression Discontinuity Design




Regression Modeling and Analysis




Regression Point Displacement




Replication, Manipulation, and Randomization




Retrospective Cohort Design




Sample Frame Error




Sampling Design vs. Experimental Design




Sampling Design: Randomness and Interspersion




Sampling Framework




Sampling vs. Census




Significance Levels




Solomon Four-Group Design




Split-Plot Type Designs




Stratified Random Sampling / Randomized Block Design




Student’s t-Test




Switching Replications Design




Systematic Sampling




Time-Series Designs




Type I and Type II Errors




Turing, Alan




Wu, Chien-Shiung




Time Line of Inventions and Scientific Advancements




Glossary




Bibliography