Contents Part 1 General Introduction 1 Overview of scientific methodology3 1.1 Methodology 3 1.2 Scientific methodology 9 1.3 Typical scientific methodology 12 2 Methodology of safety science research24 2.1 Safety versus safety science 24 2.2 Safety science methodology 30 2.3 Methodology of safety science principle research 33 Part 2 Integrated safety scientific methodology 3 Safety systems science methodology43 3.1 Safety systems thought 43 3.2 Fundamentals of safety systems science 46 3.3 Safety systems method analysis 50 3.4 Patterns of safety systems method research 51 3.5 Methodology of safety systems model construction 53 3.6 Safety systems engineering methods 60 4 Methodology of risk and safety systems management71 4.1 Methodology of risk management research 71 4.2 Safety systems management methods 78 4.3 Safety systems management principles 84 4.4 Organization and execution methods of safety systems management 87 4.5 Safety goal management method 92 Part 3 Safety science branches methodology 5 Methodology of safety research on human factors101 5.1 Safety humanity and its research methodology 101 5.2 Research methods of human’s safety psychology characteristics 105 5.3 Measuring methods of human’s psychology and ability 111 5.4 Human error research methods 114 5.5 Theories and methods of human motivation 118 5.6 Analysis methods of group human factors 126 6 Methodology of safety research on materials' factors130 6.1 Safety materials science and its research methods 130 6.2 Methodology of safety materials science 135 6.3 Control theories of safety systems on materials' factors 141 6.4 Design methodology of safety control systems 144 6.5 Measuring methods of safety control systems 149 6.6 Safety simulation methodology 151 7 Methodology of social safety sciences154 7.1 Overview of social safety sciences 154 7.2 Safety jurisprudence methodology 155 7.3 Safety economics methodology 159 7.4 Research methodology of safety ethics 169 7.5 Safety culture methodology 175 8 Methodology of safety education186 8.1 Research methods of safety education 186 8.2 Teaching methods of safety education 191 8.3 Technical methods of safety education 202 8.4 Teaching design methods of safety education 204 Part 4 Specialized safety scientific methodology 9 Accident investigation and safety statistics methodology215 9.1 Accident investigation methods 215 9.2 Safety statistics analysis methods 221 9.3 Methods of safety statistical analysis of qualitative data 235 9.4 Big data method for safety 236 10 Safety comparison research methodology242 10.1 Comparative research methods 242 10.2 Related methods for comparative studies 245 10.3 Methodology of comparative safety science 247 10.4 Classification methods on safety comparative research contents 255 11 Safety assessment methodology262 11.1 Evaluation methods 262 11.2 Safety assessment methods 269 11.3 Risk assessment methods 271 11.4 Materials safety assessment methods 277 12 Methodology of safety prediction285 12.1 Forecasting methodology 285 12.2 Forecasting methods based on mathematical statistics 295 12.3 Safety prediction methods by big data 299 13 Safety logic and scientific thinking methodology304 13.1 Logic methodology 304 13.2 Innovative thinking methods 315 References332 Postscript335