Author : JOHN T. GULLAHORN
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (227 download)
Book Synopsis The Computer as a Tool for Theory Development by : JOHN T. GULLAHORN
Download or read book The Computer as a Tool for Theory Development written by JOHN T. GULLAHORN and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research involving computer simulation not only plays the passive role of verifying and testing theory; it performs active functions for the development of theory. Formulating a theory as a computer model affords one a relatively tractable representation and possibly a more meaningful conceptualization, having increased precision as a result of the clarification of concepts necessitated by the programming process. Furthermore, a unique opportunity is provided by the modern digital computer's capacity to generate the programmed model's dynamic implications. In a computer run investigating a theory's processes it is not unlikely that unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic data may result and become the occasion for developing a new theory or for extending the existing model. (Author).