Psychology’s Misuse of Statistics and Persistent Dismissal of its Critics

Psychology’s Misuse of Statistics and Persistent Dismissal of its Critics by James T. Lamiell.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lamiell, James T. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology—Methodology.
Psychological measurement.
Statistics .
Psychology.
Statistics.
Psychometrics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Mainstream Psychology’s Worrisome Incorrigibility
  • Chapter 2: Challenging the Canon: The Critique and its Aftermath in Autobiographical Perspective
  • Chapter 3: The Entrenchment of Statistical Thinking in Early Twentieth Century
  • Differential Psychology
  • Chapter 4: The Failure of Critical Thinking in the Statistization of Experimental Psychology
  • Chapter 5: Statistical Thinking in Psychology: Some Needed Critical Perspective on What ‘Everyone Knows’
  • Chapter 6: ‘Statisticism’ in Psychology as a Socio-Ethical Problem
  • Chapter 7: In Quest of Meaningful Change.

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