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The late Chris Barnard was Professor of Animal Behaviour at Nottingham University. Francis Gilbert is Professor of Ecology at Nottingham University. Peter McGregor is Research Co-ordinator for Science & Natural Environment at Cornwall College.



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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      Publisher: Pearson Education
      Publication Date: 4/6/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781292085999, 978-1292085999
      ISBN10: 1292085991
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      Science & Nature Biology, life sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The late Chris Barnard was Professor of Animal Behaviour at Nottingham University. Francis Gilbert is Professor of Ecology at Nottingham University. Peter McGregor is Research Co-ordinator for Science & Natural Environment at Cornwall College.



      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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