The Science Game : An Introduction to Research in the Social Sciences (7 Revised edition)

The Science Game draws an analogy between science and a news service: scientific researchers/reporters collect, check and analyse messages in order to draw conclusions.

Scientific theorists/editors help define target areas of investigation and provide context and interpretation for news stories; they show us how the news fits in to the big picture and tell us what it means.

This analogy helps students to identify sources of variance in a report, and toreveal how the preferences of editors/theorists shape which questions are asked and which interpretations are given.

This text aims to educate readers so that they become discriminating consumers of science.