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Scientific research refers to controlled, systematic, empirical, and critical investigation of natural phenomena that is guided by hypotheses and theory about supposed relations between such phenomena (Kerlinger, 1986). The method of science represents a method of knowing that is unique in that it possesses a self-correcting feature that verifies of disconfirms formally stated predictions (i.e., hypotheses) about natural phenomena. Cohen and Nagel (1934) identified three additional methods of knowing that are diametrically opposed to science: (a) the method of tenacity, (b) the method of authority, and (c) the method of intuition.
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Gresham, F.M., Carey, M.P. (1988). Research Methodology and Measurement. In: Witt, J.C., Elliot, S.N., Gresham, F.M. (eds) Handbook of Behavior Therapy in Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0905-5_2
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