Misunderstandings about Pesticides Shown in Text Books

Misunderstandings Five Misunderstandings About Case - Study Research

This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (a) theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (b) one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot contribute to scientific development; (c) the case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing a...

Misunderstandings about state machines

The definition of a finite state machine (called also for simplicity a state machine) seems to be not quite obvious and requires discussion. The concept, although born 50 years ago, is still not well understood or interpreted in the software domain, despite its wide application in hardware design. Misunderstandings about state machines have produced several stories and half-truths: for instance...

Five Misunderstandings About Cultural Evolution.

Recent debates about memetics have revealed some widespread misunderstandings about Darwinian approaches to cultural evolution. Drawing from these debates, this paper disputes five common claims: (1) mental representations are rarely discrete, and therefore models that assume discrete, gene-like particles (i.e., replicators) are useless; (2) replicators are necessary for cumulative, adaptive ev...

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Five Misunderstandings About Case - Study Research

This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (a) theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (b) one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot contribute to scientific development; (c) the case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing a...