provides useful examples of unsubstantiated research findings ... Readers can work on exercises designed to establish rules for distinguishing between valid and invalid evidence and actual journal articles are reproduced for analysis. Aslib Book Guide, vol. 62, no. 1, January 1997

• Introduction 1: Scientific and Nonscientific Statements of Fact 2: Methods of Gathering Scientific Evidence 3: Evaluating Scientific Evidence: What Conclusions Follow from the Evidence 4: Evaluating Scientific Evidence: in the Published Literature 5: Reviewing a Body of Literature: The Problem of Generalization Appendix: Asking Answerable Questions and Finding Scientific Evidence References Index

provides useful examples of unsubstantiated research findings ... Readers can work on exercises designed to establish rules for distinguishing between valid and invalid evidence and actual journal articles are reproduced for analysis. Aslib Book Guide, vol. 62, no. 1, January 1997

• Introduction 1: Scientific and Nonscientific Statements of Fact 2: Methods of Gathering Scientific Evidence 3: Evaluating Scientific Evidence: What Conclusions Follow from the Evidence 4: Evaluating Scientific Evidence: in the Published Literature 5: Reviewing a Body of Literature: The Problem of Generalization Appendix: Asking Answerable Questions and Finding Scientific Evidence References Index