This volume was designed as both introduction and reminder - an introduction to the topic for graduate students, advanced undergraduates and younger researchers, and a reminder to more experienced researchers, in and out of academia, that the problems of artifacts in behavioural research have not gone away.
This is a lively and engaging look at the factors, known as `artifacts', that can confound behavioural experiments.
This is a lively and engaging look at the factors, known as 'artifacts', that can confound behavioural experiments.
In this ground-breaking work, the distinguished anthropological theorist, Michael Brian Schiffer, presents a profound challenge to the social sciences.
The Volunteer Subject
An interdisciplinary overview of current research on imitation in animals andartifacts.
Detailed case studies show the relevance of behavioral method and theory to the wider field of archaeological studies. The book will be invaluable to students of archaeology and anthropology.
Contending that the philosophy, methodology and principles of traditional science also apply to design-type of science, the research contained within this book is important to the widespread acceptance and promotion of design-type research.
He does this by providing a meaningful framework based around Campbell and Stanley's "threats to validity" and by organizing the book around the phases of the research process.
Reproducibility and Replicability in Science defines reproducibility and replicability and examines the factors that may lead to non-reproducibility and non-replicability in research.
The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and Cross-References combine to provide robust search-and-browse in the e-version.