Understanding and using scientific evidence [electronic resource] : how to critically evaluate data / Richard Gott and Sandra Duggan.

Author/Creator:

Gott, Richard, 1946-

Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2003.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (209 p.)

Subjects:

Science -- Philosophy.
Evidence.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

This text shows that there are things to understand about scientific evidences: difficult concepts about the structure of experiments; causality; repeatability and the validity and reliability of evidence upon which decisions have to be made.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Design of a simple investigation; Chapter 3 - Different types of variables; Chapter 4 - Other, and more complex, designs; Chapter 5 - Making the best use of tables and graphs; Chapter 6 - What do the data mean?; Chapter 7 - Are the measurements good enough?; Chapter 8 - Samples and populations; Chapter 9 - Lots of measurements; Chapter 10 - Data as part of evidence; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Duggan, Sandra, 1949-

ISBN:

1-4462-3945-4
0-85702-016-1
1-280-37055-6
9786610370559
1-4129-3221-1

OCLC:

191036545

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