| 書目名稱 | Psychology’s Misuse of Statistics and Persistent Dismissal of its Critics |
| 編輯 | James T. Lamiell |
| 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/764/763205/763205.mp4 |
| 概述 | Challenges a deep, abiding and problematic concept in mainstream psychological statistics.Offers an assertive critique of the statistically-based knowledge claims that pervade psychological research.E |
| 叢書名稱 | Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology |
| 圖書封面 |  |
| 描述 | This book is a strenuous critique of the misinterpretation of statistical knowledge of populations in mainstream psychology, exploring the implications of assuming that those statistics constitute scientific knowledge of individuals. It investigates the essential nature and historical roots of this interpretive practice, and documents the lack of change in mainstream thinking despite previous critiques of the practice. The author contends that prevailing interpretive traditions result in bad science, in that invalid claims are made to knowledge of individuals. He also discusses the socio-ethical problems resulting from this misinterpretation of statistics, where psychological practitioners unjustifiably endorse interventions in the lives of individuals. Lamiell urges psychologists to abandon the aggregate statistical methods which he argues have transformed the field into ‘psycho-demography,’ and to embrace instead alternative research methods that are logically suited to gaining scientific knowledge about the psychological functioning of individuals. This book concludes by highlighting some of the currently available methodological alternatives, as well as discussing some enduring |
| 出版日期 | Book 2019 |
| 關(guān)鍵詞 | statistically-based knowledge claims; knowledge claims; psychological statistics; scientific psychology |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12131-0 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-12133-4 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-12131-0Series ISSN 2946-2452 Series E-ISSN 2946-2460 |
| issn_series | 2946-2452 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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