Asking Questions in Biology: A Guide To Hypothesis Testing, Experimental Design and Presentation In Practical Work and Research Projects, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (March 30, 2017) © 2017

  • Chris Barnard University of Nottingham
  • Francis Gilbert University of Nottingham
  • Peter Mcgregor University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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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.

  • 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

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