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001 2005011103
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008 050419s2005 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005011103
020 $a0415368308 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQ180.55.P75$bC64 2005
082 00 $a001.4/2$222
100 1 $aCohen, Jack.
245 10 $aStop working & start thinking :$ba guide to becoming a scientist /$cJack Cohen and Graham Medley ; with an introduction by Ian Stewart.
246 3 $aStop working and start thinking
260 $aAbingdon, Oxon, UK ;$aNew York, NY :$bTaylor & Francis Group,$c2005.
263 $a0505
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreamble -- Introduction -- 2.1 Please bear with us -- 2.2 Take your time answering this one -- 2.3 A tale of two goats -- 2.4 Get your brain in gear -- Science like what is done -- 3.1 What is science? -- 3.2 The methods of science -- 3.3 Where do scientists get the questions they ask? -- 3.4 Prediction and predilection -- Science and sciencisms -- 4.1 How scientists work -- 4.2 The hierarchy of science -- 4.3 Similarities and differences -- 4.4 Honest measurement -- Observations, examinations and experiments -- 5.1 Observations -- 5.2 Hypothesis -- 5.3 Experiment -- What are you measuring? -- 6.1 variability, sampling and population -- 6.2 Randomisation -- 6.3 ... and blinding -- Thinking about your measurements -- 7.1 If you have to use statistics -- 7.2 Sensible statistics -- 7.3 Different ways of showing measurement xe "measurement" 'error xe "measurement error" s' -- 7.4 Transformation and scaling -- 7.5 Biological systems and variability -- 7.6 Hypothesis testing -- 7.7 Post-experimental statistics -- 7.8 Honest reporting of hypothesis xe "hypothesis" testing -- 7.9 Pre-experimental statistics -- 7.10 Conclusions -- Interpreting your measurements -- 8.1 Interpretation involves commitment -- 8.2 Bayesian thinking -- 8.3 Cryptic assumptions -- 8.4 Linking your prior to your posterior -- 8.5 Conclusions -- Kinds of experiments xe "experiment" -- 9.1 Here's one we prepared earlier -- 9.2 Kinds of experiment -- 9.3 Defect experiments -- 9.4 Latin squares and other dances -- 9.5 Result-reversal experiments -- Early pregnancy xe "pregnancy" tests -- Staining with fluorescent (or enzyme-linked) antibodies -- The ames xe "ames" test -- The cabbage xe "cabbages" experiment xe "experiment" yet again -- 9.6 Demi-reversal xe "experiment: demi-reversal" experiments -- Trichuris trichiura xe "trichuris trichiura" and cognitive development -- Cholera off-tap -- Iron chloride in the south atlantic -- 9.7 Competition xe "experiment: competition" experiments -- Plants from mine tailings -- Acceptable and unacceptable sperm -- Dna xe "dna" competition xe "experiment: competition" for dna -- 9.8 The results of experiments -- 9.9 Function deprived and restored -- Here's the answer - what's the question? -- 10.1 Explanation -- How many explanations are there? -- The non-explanation explanation xe "explanation" : ric! -- 10.2 Believability -- 10.3 Hidden dimensions -- 10.4 Authority and reductionism -- 10.5 Cycles of explanation and scales of organisation -- 10.6 Better explanations -- 10.7 Causation and causality -- 10.8 Hypothesis, paradigm and progression -- 10.9 Conclusions -- Content and context -- 11.1 The postgraduate in context -- 11.2 A list of real difficulties you might face -- 11.3 Honesty and dishonesty -- 11.4 What is postgraduate research for? -- 11.5 Content and context -- Notes for postgraduate students -- 12.1 Where and with whom? -- 12.2 More social science -- 12.3 Giving an informal research presentation -- 12.4 Saving theories -- 12.5 Explaining and demonstrating -- 12.6 Poster sessions -- 12.7 Giving a formal oral presentation -- 12.8 Writing a scientific paper -- 12.9 Writing a thesis -- Postamble -- Index.
650 0 $aResearch$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aResearch$xMethodology.
700 1 $aMedley, Graham.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011103.html