Research methods for the biosciences / D. Holmes, P. Moody, D. Dine
- Bib ID:
- 3645574
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Holmes, Debbie
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2006
- xvi, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780199276929
- 0199276927
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Where do I begin?
- 1.1 Data 1
- 1.2 Types of investigations 1
- 1.3 Aims, objectives, hypotheses 5
- 1.4 Items and observations 7
- 1.5 Populations 8
- 1.6 Sample 9
- 1.7 Populations, parameters, statistics, and samples 11
- 1.8 Treatments 12
- 1.9 Variation and variables 13
- 2 Experimental design
- 2.1 Evaluating published research 16
- 2.2 Have a go! 20
- 2.3 Questionnaires, focus groups, and interviews 36
- 2.4 Research and the law 46
- 2.5 Managing research 46
- 3 What to do with raw data
- 3.1 Types of data 51
- 3.2 Distributions of data 54
- 3.3 Summary statistics 60
- 3.4 Estimates of the central tendency 61
- 3.5 Estimates of variation 69
- 3.6 Coefficient of variation 74
- 3.7 Confidence limits 75
- 3.8 Parametric and non-parametric data 76
- 3.9 Transforming data 80
- 4 An introduction to hypothesis testing
- 4.1 What are the hypotheses to be tested? 83
- 4.2 Working out the calculated value of the test statistic 93
- 4.3 Finding the critical value of the test statistic 95
- 4.4 The rule 106
- 4.5 What does this mean in real terms? 107
- 5 Hypothesis testing: Do my data fit an
- expected ratio?
- 5.1 Chi-squared goodness of fit test 111
- 5.2 Heterogeneity in a goodness of fit test 119
- 5.3 Chi-squared test for association 123
- 5.4 Chi-squared test with one degree of freedom 127
- 5.5 G tests 133
- 5.6 The problem with small numbers 137
- 5.7 Experimental design, and chi-squared and G tests 139
- 6 Hypothesis testing: Associations and
- relationships
- 6.1 Correlations 147
- 6.2 Spearman's rank correlation 149
- 6.3 Pearson's product moment correlation 155
- 6.4 Regressions 158
- 6.5 Model I: Simple linear regression 160
- 6.6 Model II: Principal axis regression 166
- 6.7 Model II: Ranged principal axis regression 172
- 6.8 About regression lines 177
- 6.9 Experimental design, correlation, and regression 178
- 7 Hypothesis testing: Do my samples come from
- the same population? Parametric data
- 7.1 z test with unmatched data 182
- 7.2 t test (Student's t test) for unmatched samples 187
- 7.3 z and t tests for matched data 190
- 7.4 Introduction to parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA) 194
- 7.5 Parametric one-way ANOVA with equal numbers of replicates 197
- 7.6 Tukey's test following a parametric one-way ANOVA 201
- 7.7 Parametric two-way ANOVA with equal numbers of replicates 205
- 7.8 Tukey's test following a parametric two-way ANOVA 210
- 7.9 Two-way nested parametric ANOVA with equal replicates 212
- 7.10 Factorial three-way parametric ANOVA 218
- 7.11 Factorial three-way parametric ANOVA with replicates 225
- 7.12 Experimental design and parametric statistics 226
- 8 Hypothesis testing: Do my samples come
- from the same population? Non-parametric data
- 8.1 Mann-Whitney U test 235
- 8.2 Wilcoxon's matched pairs test 238
- 8.3 One-way non-parametric ANOVA (Kruskal-Wallis test):
- General hypotheses 241
- 8.4 One-way non-parametric ANOVA: Specific hypotheses 248
- 8.5 Two-way non-parametric ANOVA: General hypotheses 248
- 8.6 Two-way non-parametric ANOVA: Specific hypotheses 256
- 8.7 Scheirer-Ray-Hare test 258
- 8.8 Experimental design and non-parametric tests of hypotheses 260
- 9 Research, the law, and you
- 9.1 About the law 265
- 9.2 Health and safety 267
- 9.3 Access and sampling 278
- 9.4 Animal welfare 288
- 9.5 Working with humans 291
- 9.6 Discussion topics 298
- 10 Reporting your research
- 10.1 General format 302
- 10.2 Title 303
- 10.3 Abstract 303
- 10.4 Keywords 304
- 10.5 Acknowledgements 305
- 10.6 Introduction 305
- 10.7 Method 308
- 10.8 Results 312
- 10.9 Discussion 326
- 10.10 References 328
- 10.11 Appendix 334
- 10.12 Your approach to writing a report 334.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [378]
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