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

Published by Pearson (19 April 2017) © 2018

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

Asking and answering questions is the cornerstone of science, yet formal training in understanding this key process is often overlooked.

Asking Questions in Biology unpacks this crucial process of enquiry, from a biological perspective, at its various stages.

 

Table of contents

  • 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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