Research Methods for the Biosciences demystifies the process of research to equip biosciences students with the skills needed to perform their own investigations. It covers those factors which, collectively, enable effective research, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation, and legal, ethical,and health & safety considerations. INDICE: Section 1: Planning your experiment; 1: Where do I begin?; 2: Planning your experiment; 3: Questions, focus groups, and interviews; 4: Research, the law, and you; Section 2: Handling your data; 5: What to do with raw data; 6: An introduction to hypothesis testing; 7: Hypothesis testing: do my data fit an expected ratio?; 8: Hypothesis testing: associations and relationships; 9: Hypothesis testing: do my samples come from the same population? Parametric data; 10: Hypothesis testing: do my samples come from the same population?Non-parametric data; Section 3: Reporting your results; 11: Reporting your research; Appendix a.How to choose a research project; Appendix b.Planning your experiment; Appendix c.Which statistical test should I choose?; Appendix d.Tables of critical values for statistical tests; Appendix e.Maths and statistics;Glossary; References; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-954576-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 488
- Fecha Publicación: 16/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés