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100 1 Barnard, C. J.|q(Christopher J.),
245 10 Asking questions in biology :|ba guide to hypothesis
testing, experimental design and presentation in practical
work and research projects /|cChris Barnard, Francis
Gilbert and Peter McGregor.
250 Fifth edition.
263 201610
264 1 Upper Saddle River :|bPearson,|c2016.
300 280 pages
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
500 Previous edition: Harlow: Benjamin Cummings, 2011.
505 0 <![CDATA[<p><b>Preface </b><p><p><b>1 Doing science:</b></
p><p><b>Where do questions come from?</b></p><p>1.1
Science as asking questions</p><p>1.2 Basic considerations
</p><p>1.3 The skill of asking questions</p><p>1.4 Where
do questions come from?</p><p>1.5 What this book is about
</p><p>References</p><p><p><b>2 Asking questions:</b></p><
p><b>The art of framing hypotheses and predictions</b></p>
<p>2.1 Observation</p><p>2.2 Exploratory analysis</p><p>
2.3 Forming hypotheses</p><p>2.4 Summary</p><p>References<
/p><p><b>3 Answering questions:</b></p><p><b>What do the
results say?</b></p><p>3.1 Confirmatory analysis</p><p>3.2
What is statistical significance?</p><p>3.3 Significance
tests</p><p>3.4 Testing hypotheses</p><p>3.5 Testing
predictions</p><p>3.6 Refining hypotheses and predictions<
/p><p>3.7 Summary</p><p>References</p><p><b>4 Presenting
information:</b></p><p><b>How to communicate outcomes and
conclusions </b></p><p>4.1 Presenting figures and tables</
p><p>4.2 Presenting results in the text</p><p>4.3 Writing
reports</p><p>4.4 Writing for a more general readership</p
><p>4.5 Presenting in person: spoken papers and poster
presentations</p><p>4.6 Plagiarism</p><p>4.7 Summary</p><p
>Reference</p><p> <b>Test finder and help guide</b></p><p>
<b>Some self-test questions</b></p><p><b>Appendix I: Table
of confidence limits to the median</b></p><p><b>Appendix
II: How to calculate some simple significance tests</b></p
><p><b>Appendix III: Significance tables</b></p><p><b>
Appendix IV: The common codes for the important graphical
parameters of R</b></p><p><b>Answers to self-test
questions</b></p><p><b>Index</b></p><b>Quick test finders<
/b>]]>
506 1 3 concurrent users.|5UkHlHU
520 8 Asking the right questions in the right way is a
fundamental skill in scientific enquiry. This text
introduces students of the biological sciences to the
skills of observation and enquiry.
650 0 Biology|xResearch|xMethodology.
700 1 Gilbert, Francis S.|q(Francis Sylvest),|d1956-
700 1 McGregor, Peter K.,
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