The short and engaging book, How Science Works by John Staddon, reviews ways in which social and behavioral sciences arrive at decisions and how those decisions can best influence public policy. It is a provocative book that takes on controversial topics, including a critique of null hypothesis statistical testing, classical economic theories of supply and demand, limitations of Prospect Theory and behavioral economics, and evidence behind the health effects of smoking. A key theme running throughout is the idea that the theories and quantitative models used in the social sciences capture behavior and attitudes as fixed in time and fail to address the important issue of how behavior arose and how pliable it might be. The book will be of interest to scientists of all types as well as advanced students of psychology and other behavioral scientists.

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方法很重要：《科学方法的回顾：科学如何运作，工作失败和假装工作》（作者John Staddon），Routledge Press，2018年

简短而引人入胜的书，《科学原理》John Staddon撰写的文章回顾了社会科学和行为科学做出决策的方式，以及这些决策如何最好地影响公共政策。这是一本具有争议性的书，涉及有争议的主题，包括对零假设统计检验的批评，供需的经典经济理论，预期理论和行为经济学的局限性以及吸烟对健康影响的证据。贯穿其中的一个关键主题是，社会科学中使用的理论和定量模型会及时捕获固定的行为和态度，而无法解决行为如何产生以及行为如何柔韧性这一重要问题。本书将吸引所有类型的科学家以及心理学的高级学生和其他行为科学家。