Science Outside The Laboratory

Download or read book Science Outside the Laboratory written by Marcel Boumans and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social science experiments often cannot be analyzed under controlled conditions, as many take place outside a laboratory. None-the-less, measurement provides scientists with a sound basis for collecting and analyzing the results of field research. Science Outside the Laboratory examines the relationship between measurement theory and field investigations through the philosophy of science.