Chris Barnard, Francis Gilbert, Peter Mcgregor

Asking Questions in Biology (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide To Hypothesis Testing, Experimental Design And Presentation In Practical Work And Research Projects

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book is an indispensable companion to all students of biology, but particularly those enrolled in courses concerning experimental design, data analysis, hypothesis testing, research methods, or any practical project work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292132396
• Artikelnr.: 56953175

Autorenporträt

The late Chris Barnard was Professor of Animal Behaviour at Nottingham University. Francis Gilbert is Professor of Ecology at Nottingham University. Peter McGregor is Research Co-ordinator for Science & Natural Environment at Cornwall College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1   Doing science:
Where do questions come from?
2   Asking questions:
The art of framing hypotheses and predictions
3   Answering questions:
What do the results say?
4   Presenting information:
How to communicate outcomes and conclusions
Test finder and help guide
Some self-test questions
Appendix I: Table of confidence limits to the median
Appendix II: How to calculate some simple significance tests
Appendix III: Significance tables
Appendix IV: The common codes for the important graphical parameters of R
Answers to self-test questions
Index
Quick test finders