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Professor Brian Douglas Haig

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Department: School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing

Email: brian.haig@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Cognitive science and education
  • Psychological theory
  • Research methodology
  • Science studies and psychology

Researcher Summary

Research interests range across the subject areas of theoretical psychology, research methodology, educational theory and science studies. Work in these areas are characterized and held together by a commitment to a scientific realist view of science. Recent research has tended to focus on the methodological foundations of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and theory construction strategies in the behavioural sciences.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Psychology: Cognitive Psychology; Psychology

Resources

  • Staff webpage

Prizes and Awards

  • Erskine Travelling Fellowship, 2006. ( 2000 - 2005)
  • Fellow, Association of Psychological Science, 2010. ( 2010 - present )
  • Fellow, New Zealand Psychological Society, 2008. ( 2008 - present )

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Haig B. (2022) Varieties of realism and their bearing on psychology. Theory and Psychology 32(5): 821-823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09593543211063840. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2022) Understanding Replication in a Way That Is True to Science. Review of General Psychology 26(2): 224-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10892680211046514. (Journal Articles)
  • Ward T., Haig BD. and McDonald M. (2022) Translating science into practice in clinical psychology: A reformulation of the evidence-based practice inquiry model. Theory and Psychology 32(3): 401-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09593543211059816. (Journal Articles)
  • Borsboom D., van der Maas HLJ., Dalege J., Kievit RA. and Haig BD. (2021) Theory Construction Methodology: A Practical Framework for Building Theories in Psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science 16(4): 756-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691620969647. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2020) What can psychology's statistics reformers learn from the error-statistical perspective? Methods in Psychology 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2020.100020. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig B. (2019) Stats: retain significance testing. Nature 569(7757): 487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01616-6. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2019) The importance of scientific method for psychological science. Psychology, Crime and Law 25(6): 527-541. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2018.1557181. (Journal Articles)
  • Hubbard R., Haig BD. and Parsa RA. (2019) The Limited Role of Formal Statistical Inference in Scientific Inference. American Statistician 73(sup1): 91-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2018.1464947. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Preface. vii-xii. (Authored Books)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Realism after postmodernism. Educational Philosophy and Theory 50(14): 1653-1654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1459489. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2018) The philosophy of quantitative methods: Understanding statistics. New York: Oxford University Press. 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190222055.001.0001. (Authored Books)
  • Haig BD. (2018) An abductive perspective on clinical reasoning and case formulation. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 109-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_6. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) An abductive theory of scientific method. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 35-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_3. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Exploratory factor analysis, theory generation, and scientific method. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 65-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_4. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Grounded theory method. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 89-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_5. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) How to pursue the adaptationist program in psychology. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 135-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_7. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Philosophical naturalism and scientific method. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_1. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Tests of statistical significance made sound. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 187-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_9. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) The philosophy of quantitative methods. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 159-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_8. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2018) Truth, science, and psychology. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics: 17-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01051-5_2. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. and Borsboom D. (2018) Scientific realism with correspondence truth: A reply to Asay (2018). Theory and Psychology 28(3): 398-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959354318766718. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2017) Tests of statistical significance made sound. Educational and Psychological Measurement 77(3): 489-506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013164416667981. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2016) Is psychology suffering from a replication crisis? Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2016) Handbook of the Psychology of Science. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 129(1): 91-95. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2016) Realist foundations for construct validity. Chicago, IL, USA: 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 29 May 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. and Evers CW. (2016) Realist inquiry in social science. London: Sage. 168. (Authored Books)
  • Haig. (2016) The psychology of science has arrived. The American Journal of Psychology 129(1): 91-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.129.1.0091. (Journal Articles)
  • Ward T., Clack S. and Haig BD. (2016) The abductive theory of method: Scientific inquiry and clinical practice. Behaviour Change 33(4): 212-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/bec.2017.1. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2015) We need to talk about the new statistics. Department of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2015) Advancing the construction of psychological theory. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Convention of Psychological Science, 13 Mar 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2015) Commentary: Exploratory data analysis. Frontiers in Psychology 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01247. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Psychology's neglect of scientific method. Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Investigating the psychological world: Scientific method in the behavioral sciences. 1-198. (Authored Books)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Investigating the psychological world: Scientific method in the behavioral sciences. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. 224pp-224pp. (Authored Books)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Psychology needs to take scientific method seriously. APS Observer 27(May/Jun). (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Psychology's neglect of scientific method. San Francisco, CA, USA: 26th Annual Convention of the Asociation for Psychological Science, 22-25 May 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2014) Using the philosophy of science to better understand research methods. Innovative Teaching 3 9: 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/11.05.IT.3.9. (Journal Articles)
  • Borsboom D. and Haig BD. (2013) How to practice Bayesian statistics outside the Bayesian church. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 66(1): 39-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02062. (Journal Articles)
  • Borsboom D. and Haig BD. (2013) How to practise Bayesian statistics outside the Bayesian church: What philosophy for Bayesian statistical modelling? British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 66(1): 39-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02062.x. (Journal Articles)
  • Borsboom D. and Haig BD. (2013) In defense of correspondence truth: A reply to Markus. Theory & Psychology 23(6): 812-818. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959354313499087. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2013) Analogical modeling: a strategy for developing theories in psychology.. Front Psychol 4: 348-348. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00348. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2013) Detecting psychological phenomena: Taking bottom-up research seriously. American Journal of Psychology 126(2): 135-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.126.2.0135. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2013) How research methods textbooks mislead psychologists about scientific method. Fort Worth, TX, USA: Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, 7-7 Apr 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2013) Reflections on problem-based methodology. A Companion to Research in Education: 353-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6809-3_47. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2012) Abductive learning. : 10-12. New York: Springer. [Encyclopedia Entry]. (Other)
  • Haig BD. (2012) From Construct Validity to Theory Validation. Measurement 10(1-2): 59-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2012.681975. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2012) Methodology as a key to reforming psychology's research methods curriculum. Chicago, IL USA: 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, 24-27 May 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2012) Abductive learning. In Steel NM (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the sciences of learning: 10-12. New York: Springer. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2012) The philosophy of quantitative methods. In Little TD (Ed.), Oxford handbook of quantitative methods: 6-30. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199934874.013.0002. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. and Borsboom D. (2012) Truth, science, and psychology. Theory & Psychology 22(3): 272-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959354311430442. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. and Marie D. (2012) New Zealand. In Baker DB (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology: International Perspectives: 561-578. New York: Oxford University Press. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2011) Detecting psychological phenomena: Taking bottom-up research seriously. Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2011) Is qualitative research scientific? Department of Education, University of Bath, England. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2011) Is there a defensible methodology for the social sciences? Department of Education, University of Bath, England. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2011) Philosophical naturalism and scientific method. Psychological Inquiry 22(2): 128-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2011.552055. (Journal Articles)
  • Durrant R. and Haig BD. (2010) How to pursue the adaptationist program in psychology. In Linquist S; Levy N (Ed.), Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 2: 199-222. Aldershot: Ashgate (Reprint). (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2010) Reforming the research methods curriculum. Psychology Aotearoa 2(1): 32-35. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2010) Revising our understanding of qualitative research methods. Christchurch, New Zealand: Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual Conference, 4-6 Jul 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2010) What do students (not) learn from research methods textbooks? Sydney, Australia: 4th International Conference on Psychology Education (ICOPE 2010), 8-11 Jul 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2010) Abductive research methods. In Baker E; McGaw B; Peterson P (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Education (3rd ed.): 77-82. Oxford: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01688-2. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2010) Models. In Salkind NJ (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design, Vol. 2: 826-830. Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2010) Scientific method. In Salkind NJ (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design, Vol. 3: 1325-1329. Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. and Vertue FM. (2010) Extending the network perspective on comorbidity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33(2-3): 158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10000762. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Abductive research methods. University of California, Riverside, CA, USA: Department of Psychology Invited Colloquium. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Detecting psychological phenomena. University of California, Riverside, CA, USA: Department of Psychology Invited Colloquium, 31 Mar 2010. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Is significance testing a bad thing? School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Is statistical significance testing a bad thing? Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Abductive methods for developmental psychology. Denver, CO, USA: 2009 SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2-4 Apr 2009. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Evaluating explanatory theories. The Psychologist 22(11): 948-950. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2009) Inference to the best explanation: A neglected approach to theory appraisal for psychology. American Journal of Psychology 122(2): 219-234. (Journal Articles)
  • Marie D. and Haig B. (2009) The Maori renaissance and the politicisation of science in New Zealand. In Openshaw R; Rata E (Ed.), The Politics of Conformity in New Zealand: 115-134. Auckland: Pearson. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2008) An abductive perspective on theory construction. Journal of Theory Construction and Testing 12(1): 7-10. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) Aspects of latent variable theory. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective 6(1-2): 88-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15366360802035547. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) How to enrich scientific method. American Psychologist 63(6): 565-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.63.6.565. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(9). Special Issue: Scientific Method, Abduction, and Clinical Reasoning. Chichester: Wiley & Sons Ltd. 114pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.v64:9. (Edited Volumes)
  • Haig BD. (2008) Lay reasoning and scientific method: the case of abduction. Wellington, New Zealand: ASociety of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP 2008), 27-30 Mar 2008. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2008) On the permissiveness of the abductive theory of method. Journal of Clinical Psychology 64(9): 1037-1045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20507. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) Précis of 'An Abductive Theory of Scientific Method'. Journal of Clinical Psychology 64(9): 1019-1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20506. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) Scientific method, abduction, and clinical reasoning. Journal of Clinical Psychology 64(9): 1013-1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20505. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2008) What is science, then? New Scientist 198(2660): 20. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. and Borsboom D. (2008) Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective, 6(1-2). Special Issue: On the Conceptual Foundations of Pyschological Measurement. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis. 154pp. (Edited Volumes)
  • Haig BD. and Borsboom D. (2008) Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 6(1-2). Special Issue: The Conceptual Foundations of Measurement. Hove: Psychology Press. (Edited Volumes)
  • Haig BD. and Borsboom D. (2008) On the conceptual foundations of measurement. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives 6(1-2): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15366360802035471. (Journal Articles)
  • Vertue FM. and Haig BD. (2008) An abductive perspective on clinical reasoning and case formulation. Journal of Clinical Psychology 64(9): 1046-1068. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20504. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig B. (2007) Grounded theory. In Salkind NJ (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics: 418-420. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (Chapters)
  • Haig B. (2007) Spurious correlation. In Salkind NJ (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics: 937-940. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (2007) The case for idiographic social psychology. Brisbane, Australia: Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 36th Annual Conference, 12-15 Apr 2007. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2006) Consistency tests establish empirical generalizations. Nature 442(7112): 632-632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/443632c. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2006) Inference to the best explanation. Budapest, Hungary: 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SAMBS) jointly with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM), 2-5 Jul 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2006) Qualitative research methods: A realist perspective. Auckland, New Zealand: 2006 Joint Conference of the APS and NZPsS, 26-30 Sep 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2006) Qualitative methods: A realist perspective. In Proceedings: 150-154. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Haig BD. (2006) Qualitative Research: A Realist Perspective. In Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Conference of the APS and NZPsS: 150-154. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Marie D. and Haig BD. (2006) Is kaupapa Maori research methodology credible? New Zealand Skeptic 81: 2-6. (Journal Articles)
  • Marie D. and Haig BD. (2006) Kaupapa Maori research methodology: A critique and an alternative. New Zealand Science Review 63(1): 17-21. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2005) An abductive theory of scientific method. Psychological Methods 10(4): 371-388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.10.4.371. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2005) Evaluating Explanatory Theories in Psychology. Cape Town, South Africa: International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference (ISTP2005), 20 Jun 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2005) Exploratory factor analysis, theory generation, and scientific method. Multivariate Behavioral Research 40(3): 303-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327906mbr4003_2. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2005) Psychology needs realism, not instrumentalism. American Psychologist 60(4): 344-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.60.4.344. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2005) Reforming the research methods curriculum. Dunedin, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 1 Sep 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2005) Understanding decision making. Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Parole Board, 30 May 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2004) How to evaluate theories in the social sciences. Guelph: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Guelph, 01 Dec 2005. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2004) Realist foundations for construct validity. Edmonton: Centre for Applied Measurement and Evaluation, 05 Oct 2004. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2004) The abductive nature of grounded theory methodology. Edmonton: International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, 01 Dec 2005. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2004) New directions for construct validation. Christchurch, New Zealand: Symposium on the Limits of Psychological Measurement, 1 Mar 2004. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2003) What Is a Spurious Correlation? Understanding Statistics 2(2): 125-132. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2003) Beyond the APA Taskforce recomendations on statistical inference. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Haig BD. (2003) Beyond the APA Taskforce recommendations on statistical inference. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Haig BD. (2003) Exploratory factor analysis, abduction, and the principle of the common cause. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Research Methodology: 237-246. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Haig B. and Durrant R. (2002) Adaptation and inference to the best explanation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25: 520-521. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig B. and Durrant R. (2002) Adaptationism and inference to the best explanation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25(4): 520-521. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2002) Invited principal speaker at Bath Symposium on New Developments in Methodology for Psychology and Education (3 presentations). Bath, UK: 01 Apr 2002. (Oral Presentations)
  • Haig BD. (2002) Is the Mind like a Swiss Army Knife? Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 25 Aug 2002. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2002) Truth, method, and postmodern psychology. American Psychologist 57: 457-458. (Journal Articles)
  • Durrant R. and Haig BD. (2001) How to pursue the adaptationist program in psychology. Philosophical Psychology 14(4): 357-380. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2001) A general theory of scientific method. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Biennial Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, 5 Jun 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2001) Detecting psychological phenomena. Melbourne, Australia: Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 14 Jul 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2001) The facts of psychology. Gold Coast, Australia: Invited colloquium, Department of Psychology, Griffith University, 5 Oct 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (2000) Explaining the Use of Statistical Methods. American Psychologist 55(8): 962-963. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (2000) Statistical significance testing, hypothetico-deductive method, and theory evaluation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23(2): 292-293. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. and Durrant R. (2000) Theory evaluation in evolutionary psychology. Psychological Inquiry 11: 34-38. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig B. (1999) Construct validation and clinical assessment. Behaviour Change 16: 64-73. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig B. and Durrant R. (1999) Theory evaluation in evolutionary psychology. Psychological Inquiry 10. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1999) The epistemological adequacy of social constructionism. Sydney, Australia: Biennial Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, 26 Apr 1999. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Ward T., Vertue FM. and Haig B. (1999) Abductive Method and Clinical Assessment in Practice. Behaviour Change 16(1): 49-63. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1998) Social constructionist methodology and the conduct of social psychological research. Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 18 Apr 1998. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Ryan GJ. (1998) New Zealand. In Stoddard B; Sandiford KAP (Ed.), The Imperial Game: 93-115.Manchester University Press. (Chapters)
  • Haig B. (1997) Feminist research methodology. In Keeves JP (Ed.), Educational research methodology and measurement (2nd ed.): 297-302. New York: Pergamon. (Chapters)
  • Haig BD. (1997) Clinical reasoning and scientific method. Palmerson North, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 24 Aug 1997. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Ward T. and Haig B. (1997) Abductive reasoning and clinical assessment. Australian Psychologist 32: 93-110. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1996) Rejoinder to Barry McGaw. Australian Journal of Education 40(2): 213-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000494419604000208. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1996) Statistical methods in education and psychology: A critical perspective. Australian Journal of Education 40(2): 190-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000494419604000206. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1992) From Nuisance Variables to Explanatory Theories: A Reformulation of the Third Variable Problem. Educational Philosophy and Theory 24(2): 78-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.1992.tb00226.x. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1992) The Nature of Research Methodology: Editorial Introduction. Educational Philosophy and Theory 24(2): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.1992.tb00222.x. (Journal Articles)
  • HAIG BD. (1990) PSYCHOLOGY AS PHILOSOPHY. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 19(2): 81-83. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1988) Meta‐analysis: An inappropriate rationale for science education research. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 25(1): 89-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.3660250110. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1984) Our brains and computers in educational research. Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Educational Administrators' Society, 6 Oct 1984. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1984) Scientific problems and the conduct of research. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 25 Aug 1984. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1982) Methodology, method, and research. Christchurch, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, 4 Dec 1982. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1982) Science, technology, and society studies' and the transformation of science education. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association of Scientists’ National Symposium on Education about Science, 3 Sep 1982. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1981) Philosophy of education and the nature of philosophy. Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 26 Mar 1981. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1980) An epistemology for ethnography: Grounded theory and scientific discovery. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, 29 Nov 1980. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1980) Factor analysis and scientific method. Dunedin, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 26 Aug 1980. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1979) Analytic philosophy of Education: Metaphilosophical critique and alternative. Brisbane, Australia: Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 30 Aug 1979. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1979) How I see philosophy of education. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 18 Apr 1979. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1979) Integrating research findings: Dimensions and difficulties. Wellington, New Zealand: Inaugural Conference of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, 9 Dec 1979. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1979) What to think about theory in psychology. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 23 Aug 1979. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1978) In Defense of Power Ascriptions in Psychology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 8(3): 271-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004839317800800306. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1978) The redirection of educational research methodology. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministerial Conference on Educational Research, 28 Apr 1978. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1978) What is the scientific attitude? Christchurch, New Zealand: Inaugural Conference of the New Zealand Science teachers Association, 23 Aug 1978. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1976) On educational theory and the conceptual framework of common sense. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 12 May 1976. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • HAIG BD. (1975) CAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS PRODUCE SOUND HYPOTHETICAL CONSTRUCTS. PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD 25(3): 433-436. (Journal Articles)
  • Haig BD. (1975) Some heretical thoughts on psychological explanation. Wellington, New Zealand: Annual Conference of the New Zealand Psychological Society, 30 Aug 1975. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Maguire TO. and Haig BD. (1975) Problems of control in nonexperimental educational research. Montreal, Canada: Annual Conference of the Canadian Council for Research in Education, 6 Jun 1975. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig BD. (1974) The logic of ability concepts. Canberra, Australia: Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 22 Aug 1974. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Haig DB. (1974) Do states of mind cause behaviour? Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury Branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 23 Apr 1974. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Editorial Work

  • Editor of Special Issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory on research methodology, 1992. Editor, Special Issue ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Editorial Board member: Educational Philosophy and Theory (1995 – ), Australian Journal of Education (1995 --); Access (1985-1989); New Zeal Editorial Board Member ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Editorial Board member: Social Practice and Psychological Theorizing (Founding member, 2006 --), Educational Philosophy and Theory (1995 –20 Editorial Board Member ( 2000 - 2005)
  • Editorial Boards Editorial Board Member ( 2005 - 2023)
  • Editorship of special issues of journals. Editor, Special Issue ( 2008 )

Review and Refereeing

  • Journal Manuscript Reviewer ( 2005 - 2023)
  • Manuscript reviewer for: Educational Philosophy and Theory, Educational Researcher, Teaching and Teacher Education, Australian Journal of Ed ( 2000 - 2005)
  • Manuscript reviewer for: Theory and Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Journal ( 2000 - 2005)
  • Manuscript reviewer for; Educational Researcher, Teaching and Teacher Education, Australian Journal of Education, New Zealand Journal of Edu ( 1997 - 2002)
  • Manuscript reviewer for; Theory and Psychology, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Journal of Economic Psychology , Australian Psych ( 1997 - 2002)
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