1 Introduction. - 2 Some Elementary Principles of Deductive Argument. - 2. 1 Common Connectives for Statements. - 2. 2 Argument. - 3 The Logic of Scientific Argument. - 3. 1 The Program of Science. - 3. 2 Elements of a Good Test. - 3. 3 Examples. - 3. 4 Causation Mill's Methods. - 3. 5 Description Pre-Science Science. - 3. 6 Summary. - 4 Generating Predictions. - 4. 1 Introduction and Orientation. - 4. 2 Background. - 4. 3 Processes. - 5 Topics in Hypothesis Testing. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Testing a One-Dimensional Hypothesis. - 5. 3 Testing a Two-Dimensional Hypothesis. - 5. 4 Tests of Hypotheses in Three or More Dimensions. - 5. 5 Special Topics. - 6 Summary and Conclusions. - Appendix A Matrix Manipulation. - Appendix B Conversion of the Base of Logarithms. - Appendix C Bayes' Theorem. - Appendix D Table of Chi-Square Distribution 5% Points. - Appendix E The Choice of Computing Software for Log Linear Models. - References. Language: English