A retrospective 60‐year review of Murray Sidman's Tactics of Scientific Research and some of its influence on behavior analysis

Abstract

Murray Sidman's book, Tactics of Scientific Research: Evaluating Experimental Data in Psychology, published in 1960, has been called the bible of the experimental analysis of behavior and has been a major influence on basic as well as applied research in behavior analysis. The contents of the early reviews of the book are summarized and the commemoration in The Behavior Analyst at the 30th anniversary of the book is reviewed along with Sidman's comments on updates that he would have made if he were to revise or supplement the book. Included are some later remarks by Sidman regarding specific issues in Tactics. Continuous rates of citations are displayed and show the sustained relevance of the book, and selected themes from the book are discussed. Finally, experiences from using Tactics in lab courses and in graduate‐level courses on scientific method are recapitulated, including questions raised by students, and Sidman's answers to those questions. Tactics is a true classic in behavior analysis.

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“…Importante ressaltar que, dentro de uma abordagem analítico-comportamental, a pesquisa a partir de refutação de hipóteses não é parte do cotidiano. De acordo com este arcabouço teórico-metodológico, métodos estatísticos podem produzir vieses de análise, além de, comumente, dados estatisticamente significativos não terem significância clínica para os participantes envolvidos (Baer, 1997;Holth, 2021;Sidman, 1960). Devido a estas questões, hipóteses não são discutidas no presente trabalho.…”