Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Science and Pseudoscience. Arguments. Discovering Knowledge. Scientific Description and Explanation. Models, Hypotheses, Theories, and Laws. The Scientific Method. Chance, Probability, and Sampling. Describing and Measuring Events. Types of Research. The Scientific Clinician. Efficacy of Interventions. A Clinician's Guide: Evaluating the Evaluations. The Art and Science of Intervention.

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"...attempts to make explicit the meaning of science as guiding philosophy providing standards for determining truth knowledge or evidence in clinical practice. It is written specifically for practitioners in speech language pathology."
—Eric Clearinghouse"Lum is to be applauded for the steps she takes in this volume to trace an applied discipline to its scientific roots and to methods that will allow it a scientifically respectable future."
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