Ben Nisenbaum wrote:
On 07/25/2012 02:51 PM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
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I am very clear (i.e. a bigot) on this: science *is* the empirical method. Therefore soft sciences (like psychology and anthropology) that do studies instead of experiments are not Real Science.[*]
FYI the experimentation in psychology is usually referred to technically as "quasi-experimentation" rather than "studies."
See: Cook T D & Campbell D T 1979 Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Chicago: Rand McNally.
By "studies" I was referring to the case studies, questionnaires, interviews &c that are used as supporting evidence but aren't remotely experimental. I may have misused the term; if so, sorry about that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Psychology lists "methodologies".