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Abstract
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.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Contents\r | v | ||
| Preface\r | vii | ||
| 1 Doing science: Where do questions come from? | 1 | ||
| 1.1 Science as asking questions | 2 | ||
| 1.2 Basic considerations | 3 | ||
| 1.3 The skill of asking questions | 9 | ||
| 1.4 Where do questions come from? | 11 | ||
| 1.5 What this book is about | 16 | ||
| References | 17 | ||
| 2 Asking questions: The art of framing hypotheses and predictions\r | 18 | ||
| 2.1 Observation | 18 | ||
| 2.2 Exploratory analysis | 23 | ||
| 2.3 Forming hypotheses | 46 | ||
| 2.4 Summary | 54 | ||
| References | 54 | ||
| 3 Answering questions: What do the results say? | 55 | ||
| 3.1 Confirmatory analysis | 55 | ||
| 3.2 What is statistical significance? | 57 | ||
| 3.3 Significance tests | 60 | ||
| 3.4 Testing hypotheses | 129 | ||
| 3.5 Testing predictions | 135 | ||
| 3.6 Refining hypotheses and predictions | 141 | ||
| 3.7 Summary | 147 | ||
| References | 148 | ||
| 4 Presenting information: How to communicate outcomes and conclusions | 150 | ||
| 4.1 Presenting figures and tables | 150 | ||
| 4.2 Presenting results in the text | 163 | ||
| 4.3 Writing reports | 164 | ||
| 4.4 Writing for a more general readership | 179 | ||
| 4.5 Presenting in person: spoken papers and poster presentations | 181 | ||
| 4.6 Plagiarism | 194 | ||
| 4.7 Summary | 195 | ||
| Reference | 196 | ||
| Test finder and help guide | 197 | ||
| Some self-test questions | 200 | ||
| Appendix I: Table of confidence limits to the median | 206 | ||
| Appendix II: How to calculate some simple significance tests | 207 | ||
| Appendix III: Significance tables | 226 | ||
| Appendix IV: The common codes for the important graphical parameters of R® | 233 | ||
| Answers to self-test questions | 234 | ||
| Index | 241 |