Citation

Schumm WR. Innov. Teach. 2012; 1(online): Article 2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Ammons Scientific)

DOI

10.2466/03.11.17.IT.1.2

PMID

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Abstract

Students, lawyers, and other professionals are sometimes unfamiliar with scientific methodology or the proper use of statistics. Even so, it is likely that they will confront attempts to use social science to prove a null hypothesis, when the data might suggest otherwise if properly handled. As a didactic device, following Erasmus and C. S. Lewis, advice is provided on "how to misuse" social science for one's own purposes, in hopes that future scholars will not be misled by such inappropriate, though not infrequent, practices.


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